Category Archives: Spiritual Formation

We’re excited to kick off a new series to help deepen our understanding of God’s call on our lives. Before we ask the important question, “What is God calling me to do?” we must first draw near to the One who is calling. As Pastor Jeya shared, our primary call is to relationship with TheContinue reading “Understanding Our Calling”

In A Life of Simplicity, by Carol R. Thiessen, Marshall Shelley, Amy Jackson, and Richard A. Kauffman, the authors make the following insights: Magazines, commercials, books, and Pinterest boards have tons of advice for leading a simple life. Magazine headlines scream at us: “Tips for Doing It All!” “10 Organizing Secrets!” “3 Must-Have Cleaners!” “5 Easy WeeknightContinue reading “The Discipline of Simplicity”

Barry Jones writes in his book Dwell, “The capacity to pay attention is one of the most important spiritual capacities we can develop in the world we’re living in.” Samsung’s latest mobile phone ad portrays the problem in this way: I’m not sure the answer to our problems is a screen that flows over to theContinue reading “Wherever You Are, Be All There”

Perhaps you’ve heard it asked before: If you feel far from God, who do you think moved? Repentance can sound awful to our modern ears. Images of self-righteous “preachers” wielding BIbles as weapons, heaping on guilt and condemnation. However, this couldn’t be farther from the truth about repentance. Many times, we need to clear out theContinue reading “How to See Our Jesus and Hear His Voice”