Reflection 9-11-25 Exodus 14:14 NIV The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. NLT The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm. MSG God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut! CEV The Lord will fight for you, and you won't have to do a [...]
https://youtube.com/shorts/nTm9O8CXKIA?feature=share The Holy Spirit is often referred to as fire or flame. As you watch the video, what do you notice about the flame or the fire? What, in turn, does that suggest to you about the Spirit with you?
Reflection 9-4-25 Psalm 3 The Humbling of a King 1 Lord, I have so many enemies, so many who are against me. 2 Listen to how they whisper their slander against me, saying: “Look! He’s hopeless! Even God can’t save him from this!” Pause in his presence The Help of [...]
Recorded June 14, 2025 Benedict of Nursia (480-547), the author of the famous “Rule”, approached the Christian day as a flow between “prayer and work” (ora et labora), allowing for distinction but not separation, as the apostle Paul requires us to “pray without ceasing” while “working with our hands.” This [...]
Community Prayer Practice June - August 2025 What are we doing? Join us this summer in praying the Lord’s Prayer every day (or in a consistent way) from June 1 to August 31. Simply take a few minutes each day. Pray the prayer three times (once slowly through to orient yourself [...]
Most of us were taught to pray a certain way, whether if it was as a child or if we came to know Christ later on in life. My guess is that you were probably taught to pray using words. So when we come to verses that are about being [...]
Every leader should have a spiritual director! I generally do not like black and white, all or nothing, kind of statements, but I feel very strongly about this one. Let me explain. As my friend Steve Macchia likes to say, “The soul is the most neglected part of the leader’s [...]
As we journey through life, we often find ourselves in a desert kind of place. A place that feels desolate, lonely, harsh, and perhaps unfamiliar. And we might even feel the compulsion to escape and run to more familiar landscape. However, we are invited to resist that temptation for it [...]
Breath Prayer The Breath Prayer we know today originated with the Desert Mothers and Fathers as a way to “pray without ceasing” (I Thessalonians 5:17). Historically, it is associated with the Eastern Church, particularly Greek and Russian Orthodox churches. Known more commonly as the “Jesus Prayer” early practitioners would repeat [...]
Examen God is always present with us. He is always shaping us and forming us. A vital spiritual practice is to notice these realities. How is He present with me? How is He at work around me? How might I more fully participate in His work in my life and [...]
Journaling Putting things into words (your own words), leads to the openness and receptivity that is vital to life change and growing intimacy with God. Jesus often asked people, “what do you want me to do for you?” (Mark 10:36, 51) He knew exactly what they wanted. But, He knew [...]
