Tag Archives: spiritual formation

Communal Beings Need Communal Learning

I’ve spent many hours in the past few days, reading about creating community in distance education.  The basic consensus seems to be that it is crucial, doable, and difficult. In all this, the most amazing thing is how secular educators … Continue reading

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Lessons learned from one with a broken body, a will of steel, and a heart after God

In my twenties, my bible study leader had a stroke. The depth of character revealed in his tenacity, honestly, and trust influenced me deeply. Struggle tests our mettle and struggle faced with courage and consistency develops godly dispositions expressed in … Continue reading

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Moreland Offers Much Needed Correctives in Kingdom Triangle

Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit’s Power. By J. P. Moreland. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.  2007. 237 pp. There is a battle for human souls being waged in Western culture and too many Christians … Continue reading

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Insight: Spiritual Training in Community

We’ve all heard the analogies: the Lone Ranger had Tonto, a coal taken out of the fire dies, no man is an island.  These are surely overused.  But they are also true, for “it is not good for the human … Continue reading

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Insight: Transforming our Deep Beliefs in Community

We think we know what we believe until, in an unguarded moment, we do or say something utterly out of character.  Then our true beliefs are revealed–and it’s often not a pretty picture. In his book, Wasting Time With God … Continue reading

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