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Jan 14
Spiritual Formation Part Eight – Meditation
Meditation often gets a bad rap! Why? I believe that many associate it with other religions and never realize that Christian meditation has been around for ages. And may be the one Spiritual Discipline that changes your life! To quote Nathan Foster (The Making of an Ordinary Saint), “The main distinction of Christian meditation is …
Jan 14
100 Questions – How do Water Towers Work?
Last summer I enjoyed riding my motorcycle on a local country road. Part of that ride would take me past a water tower that was being repainted. I was mesmerized by the men who were slung over the side of the tower repainting it. Never thought much about the tower itself. But recently I realized …
Dec 30
100 Questions – How can I become a better resource to my adult kids?
This is part of my 100 question challenge. If you’re not familiar then I’d encourage you to stop and read why I’m trying to answer my 100 questions in 2019 here. First, I thought about ways that my wife and I have already been a good resource: We taught them to be debt free except …
Dec 26
100 Question Challenge
So another “life experiment” begins… If you’re not familiar, I periodically try something new in my life as an experiment – just to test myself to see how things shake out. This time it’s more of a mental experiment. So let’s tee this one up before moving forward… I once read that over time, as …
Dec 19
Spiritual Formation Part Seven – Fasting
As I write this, Christmas is fast approaching. Christmas brings with it a lot of traditions. One of those traditions is FOOD. And we tend to eat a lot of it. No diets are started in December by any sane person – just my opinion! Many devise creative ways to rationalize the quantities we’ll devour. …
Dec 13
Deathbed Clarity as a Way of Life
In my opinion, most people would say that life should be about what really matters. As I was reading something Tim Urban wrote I was challenged with something he calls his Epitaph Test. He notes “When he finds himself with an opportunity, I ask myself whether I’d be happy if my epitaph had something to …
Nov 24
Spiritual Formation Part Six – Spiritual Burnout
Whenever we talk about spiritual formation it’s wise to address spiritual burnout and what to do with it… I was reminded of this as I read about Cary Nieuwhof’s well known burnout described in his latest book, Didn’t See It Coming – Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. He …
Nov 12
Spiritual Formation Part Five – Solitude?
Hopefully you’ve already digested the 4 posts that precede this… If not I’d encourage you to dig into those first then return… Start here. So let’s dig into the spiritual discipline of solitude. As I write this I’m home alone on a holiday, in which I am off work, but my wife is not. The …
Oct 30
10 Ways to Become a Happier Person
We all know people who seem to be happy about 99% of the time – right? Surely they can’t be as happy as they seem. Well maybe and maybe not… But what it they know something you don’t? What if they know that happiness is a choice. That, within itself doesn’t solve anything. But what …
Oct 25
Spiritual Formation Part 4
So you actually made it to part 4! If you’re new to this series, know that there are 3 other posts preceding this! Of course you already know that. But if you haven’t, go read those short posts now. Today will be the last post for the “set up” of what will follow. Thus far …