A Prayer for Service
A prayer for moving beyond compassionate intentions to meet another person’s practical needs with humility, wisdom, dignity, and love.
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A Prayer for Community
A prayer for remaining present within the beauty and difficulty of community, learning to listen, forgive, serve, and make room for others.
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A Prayer for Secrecy
A prayer for serving, giving, and obeying without seeking recognition, learning to rest in God’s loving attention rather than human approval.
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Joining God’s Work of Restoration
The Spiritual Discipline of Justice When we hear the word justice, many different ideas immediately come to mind. Politics. Laws. Movements. Debates. Yet long before justice became part
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Living in the Truth
(The Spiritual Discipline of Humility) July 14 — Spiritual Disciplines | Discipleship in Real Life Humility has an image problem. Many people hear the word and imagine: * weakness * insecurity * passivity
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The Friends Who Help You See God
(The Spiritual Discipline of Spiritual Friendship) June 27 — Spiritual Disciplines | Discipleship in Real Life Not every friendship is the same. Some friendships grow around: * shared interests * shared history
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When Love Takes Shape
(The Spiritual Discipline of Service) June 25 — Spiritual Disciplines | Discipleship in Real Life It is possible to admire compassion. To believe deeply in kindness. To value generosity. And
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The Power of Everyday Kindness: Micro-Acts of the Kingdom
We often imagine that the work of God happens in grand, sweeping gestures: miraculous healings, life-changing conversions, heroic sacrifices. And those things do happen. But the kingdom
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What This Isn’t: Clearing the Air About Discipleship, Skepticism, and Everything in Between
If you’ve spent any time around the church—or on Facebook—you know there are certain words that immediately raise eyebrows. Discipleship is definitely one of them.
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