Exploring Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting For centuries, fasting was an integral part of Jewish and Christian life. The Jewish leaders would often fast before making decisions;...
1 Chronicles 29: Some Reflections on Prayer One of my favorite prayers in all of Scripture is David’s prayer in 1 Chronicles 29, a prayer that he speaks over the people gathered as...
Psalm 13: Some Reflections on Prayer I am going to continue Seth’s thoughts on prayer by continuing the discussion about our relationship with God. Prayer might just be the...
Exploring Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer Prayer is one of the most common ways in which Christians throughout time have engaged in the spiritual disciplines. However, how we think...
Listening for God: Some Reflections on Meditation I would be lying if I said that meditation came easily to me. I am a person, like most in my generation (and I would venture to say most in...
Exploring Spiritual Disciplines: Meditation We live in an exceedingly busy world. It is rare that we take time to appreciate the small things between work, homesteading, children, and...
A Holy Nation In his first letter, the apostle Peter is addressing the disparate clusters of Christians who have fled from Jerusalem and formed...
The Body of Christ: A Family For Those Without One “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.”...
The Body of Christ: The Salt of the Earth I love to cook. In our household, I cook almost every single night (at least, if we’re eating in). Just after college, I had a job as a...