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• Book Review: The Liturgical Calendar

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 116
  The Liturgical Year by Joan Chittister, available through Thomas Nelson Publishing , marks the fifth book in the Ancient Practices Series that I have read. I have not been disappointed by any of the books and have learned from them all. This particular volume was of particular interest to me since my own tradition ...
  2 days ago

• weapons for the fight

  
  in all honesty — Authority: 123
  If you were asked to list the "spiritual disciplines" which help you fight for joy, what would be on your list? Stop for a minute and think about it. ... How does your list compare with Pipers? Here are the "means of grace" he encourages us to use in the fight for joy: 1. the gospel - hearing it preached, ...
  2 days ago

• Practicing the Discipline? of Celebration

  
  http://loveacceptforgive.wordpress.com — Authority: 119
  Christians are supposed to be serious and dour all the time, right? Isn’t this what the Bible teaches us?As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at [...]
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• keeping the cross central in the fight for joy

  
  in all honesty — Authority: 123
  Every year I rediscover the gospel. Every year it sweeps over me again like a breaking wave. Every time its startling, as if Ive discovered it for the first time, so that I wonder if I could possibly have understood it before. I hoard the memories like treasures cast up by the waves. A talk on Gethsemane which left ...
  4 days ago

• Book Review: The Contemplative Pastor

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 116
  The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson I’ve read a lot of books written by Eugene Peterson and can say without exaggeration that his books are among my favorites; he is among my favorite authors…on any given day, arguably my most favored. I just finished The Contemplative Pastor , one of four books that ...
  1 week ago

• Joy, Joy, Joy and the Discipline of Celebration

  
  http://loveacceptforgive.wordpress.com — Authority: 119
  There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. . . a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance . . . (Ecc 3:1,4) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness [...]
  1 week ago

• Reveille: Introduction

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 116
  Reveille Main Entry: rev·eil·le Etymology: modification of French réveillez, imperative plural of réveiller to awaken, from Middle French reveiller, from re- + eveiller to awaken, from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- + vigilare to keep watch, stay awake — more at vigilant Date: 1644 ...
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• spiritual disciplines and When I Dont Desire God

  
  in all honesty — Authority: 123
  One thing I havent told you yet about John Pipers When I Dont Desire God is that its the best book on the "spiritual disciplines" Ive ever read - and I read a number earlier this year for a seminar I was preparing! Today I talk about that and about the month ahead on EQUIP book club . Today I want to give you ...
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• Blips on the Blogosphere 22

  
  Jordan's View — Authority: 113
  One writer and theologian I have turned to consistently for his reliable counsel concerning biblical spirituality is Pastor Bob DeWaay. Pastor DeWaay has been alerting readers for some time now about American evangelicalisms love affair with New Age spirituality, and how Eastern spirituality has been making inroads ...
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• Gathering

  
  Sacredise - Seeking to be Fully Alive — Authority: 112
  In the days of the Tabernacle, it was the sound of the shofar , the ram’s horn. Today it can be anything from a curtain-raiser performance to a series of adverts on a big screen. Whatever the medium and content, people are always gathering, as they always have done, to engage in activities that affirm our common ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spiritual Lessons Learned by Sucking at Fantasy Football

  
  Piebald Life — Authority: 123
  So my fantasy football team sucks. This in and of itself would not be interesting blog material (note to all fellow fantasy footballers out there: no one outside of your league cares to hear you grouse or cheer your fantasy team) except that Im learning a significant spiritual lessons along the way. For the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Grace Biscuit: Our Ability or His?

  
  Windows to My Soul — Authority: 410
  "If you wanna be blessed," the sweet little church lady told me, "you have to remember the ifs and thens of the bible." She loaded me up with preaching tapes on obedience, reminding me that if I did this, then God would surely do that. I was grateful.  I mean, who doesnt want to be blessed?  But in my naivete, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Grace Biscuit: Touching Scars

  
  Windows to My Soul — Authority: 410
  Kirsten grew up in a Christian family and knew lots of doctrine; Jill did not. Kirsten judged others by performance and outward appearance. Jill came to the Lord from a painful past and emotional instability. Kirsten promoted spiritual disciplines and taught really good bible studies. Jill devoured the Scriptures, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Grace Biscuits: Sin & the Gospel

  
  Windows to My Soul — Authority: 410
  Sin is so grievous, going to the very core of our being, our only real remedy for it is a completely NEW life in Jesus Christ. Maybe this is why grace is so often misunderstood.  People fear that grace is "soft on sin." But looking at sin realistically causes us to see how utterly wretched we are apart from Christ, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Learning to Celebrate Good Times (Cmon!)

  
  Piebald Life — Authority: 123
  So suffering stinks. But heres what it does, at least for some of us who call ourselves Christians--it pushes us to God. Whether were asking questions about his absence or pressing into his strength for help, suffering and hardship often brings us to God. Success, on the other hand, seldom has that effect. For ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cultivating Meaningful Time With God: Two Essential Questions To Ask

  
  The India I Know — Authority: 99
  When it comes to spending time alone with God, there are two questions people typically never ask. Answering those questions will help you cultivate a more serious relationship with God. When? The question of when, has to do with establishing a time each day when you will get into the Word, think, pray and engage ...
  4 weeks ago

• Who are your anti-mentors?

  
  Internet Bard — Authority: 103
  When it comes to personal/professional growth, spiritual disciplines, and social media, we talk a lot about the importance of finding good mentors. When you’re learning better ways of doing things, it can be fantastically helpful to have someone who has successfully navigated that territory to show you the way. ...
  4 weeks ago

• John Piper When I Dont Desire God

  
  in all honesty — Authority: 123
  I go to Piper for his breathtakingly enormous view of God and the gospel, his encouragement to a passionate and joy-filled Christian life, and because I think his strengths are often our weaknesses in Australian reformed evangelicalism.* Heres a book which meets me right where Im at. I dont know about you, but Im ...
  4 weeks ago

• windows

  
  see-through faith — Authority: 126
  As you know I’ve been reading from the Transformation Study Bible (NLT) this week - in order to review it. I’ll write the review later but this week I’ve been reading 1 Peter over at into the Bible . We are on chapter 3 today. There’s an interesting verse hidden in the midst of the section suffering for ...
  8 weeks ago

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