Category: Spirituality
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Silence
It is no secret that North American culture is a noisy culture. It is difficult for many people to turn off their TV or radio. It isn’t that people are watching or listening to it, but rather, the noise makes us feel comfortable, or like we aren’t alone. Add to that the explosion of music…
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Simplicity on the Naive Side of Complexity
Many Christians have settled for the simplicity on the naïve side of complexity. They do not want to be disturbed by issues that unsettle the status quo and deny them their passions and pleasures. They repeat the elementary truths of the faith over and over again, with little movement toward maturity. In the face…
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The Importance of Silence
Discovered this in one of the books for my doctoral program, Pathways to Spiritual Living by Dr. Susan Muto: Everyone needs silence: the teacher, the nurse, the social worker; the artist, the poet, the doctor; the lawyer, the housewife, the cabdriver. To neglect this need is to risk living a tense, fragmented, spiritless life. Formation…
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A Renewal At Asbury
Asbury College: Wilmore KY » Catalyst for Renewal: Continous Chapel Services Concluded I missed this as it was happening…Ironic, but I was probably working on my paper for my doctoral studies at Asbury Seminary while the renewal (revival?) was going on at Asbury College). Anyway, the link is at the top and you can also…
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He Lost me at “Lover of good eating…”
You got to love some of the quotes you find….especially when reading books from the late 1800’s early 1900’s.. I don’t read much like this any more. It causes me to wonder how different Christian culture would be if we followed such advice….. Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this,…