Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you... (1 Peter 4:12) Sometimes, if they seem open to the idea, I suggest to people that God doesn't ask us to go through the sorts of things He wasn't (isn't?) willing to go through Himself. He became a human being for that very purpose. And He…Read more First World … Formation
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Going for the Black Belt
At the end of the day, spiritual disciplines are not about results. They are about relationship.
The Greatest Commandment
“Discipline” sounds regimented and dull. It sounds like punishment. It sounds like it could be guilt-inducing. It doesn't sound at all like the way to foster freely-given and spontaneous love for anybody.
