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A Spiritual Formation Tip from the Food Network
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Have you ever heard of mise en place (pronounced me-zahn-plahs)? Mise en place is a French term that literally translates to “set in place.” In the culinary world it means having everything ready to cook and in its … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, Food Network, mise en place, spiritual formation, VIM
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The Best Building Plan
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I recently read a conversation between Richard Foster and Jon Bailey. They were speaking about Renovare, the organization Foster and others began twenty-five years ago to give leadership and direction for the future of spiritual formation as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Renovare, Richard Foster, spiritual formation, tips for life
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The Beauty of Shadow Boxing – Part 1
LIVING AS APPRENTICES My favorite definition for the term spiritual formation comes from M. Robert Mulholland: “the process of conforming to the image of Jesus for the sake of others.” And my favorite expression of that process is a phrase … Continue reading
Quote for the Day
“An inward transformation must produce an outward one. It is one thing to hang a few apples on a pecan tree. It is quite another to grow apples on an apple tree. The latter is a more reliable source of … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, spiritual formation, the Inward Outward Journey
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“What am I when I am not what I used to do?”
Did you ever have the experience of finding just the right book at just the right time? It happens to me quite often. This time the book is The Gift of Years, Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister. The second … Continue reading
Breathing Under Water – part 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood [God], praying only for knowledge of [God’s] will for us and the … Continue reading
Remembering Dallas Willard
A few minutes ago I learned that Dallas Willard, philosopher, teacher, writer – but mostly deeply devoted follower of Jesus – died today, just a few days after he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It is a sad/joyous day … Continue reading
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Breathing Under Water – Part 7
“Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” Step 5 of The Twelve Steps. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night … Continue reading
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Tagged forgiveness, Fr. Richard Rohr, spiritual formation, The Twelve Steps
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