Articles for tag: Brother Lawrence

March 3, 2014

By LeRoy Lawson Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath,Â Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor Jana Riess Brewster: Paraclete Press, 2011 Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives Thomas French New York: Hyperion, 2010 The title gives it away: Jana Riess”s Flunking Sainthood isn”t going to be your most serious read this year. It may be, though, the most fun. Actually, Riess is serious about the exercise of spiritual disciplines. Her tone is lighthearted, even flippant at times, but her soul thirsts, yea even longs, for the living God. So she goes to work. Her

February 22, 2009

Christian Standard

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Just What Is Christian Spirituality?

by Neal Windham In 1993, while returning from a Society of Biblical Literature meeting in San Francisco, I had a deep encounter with the living God. Having picked up Henri Nouwen”s In the Name of Jesus, I was confronted very directly with a question of terrifying significance: Had my life and work counted for anything, anything at all, or was I just playing games? That night, somewhere around 35,000 feet, God used one of the truly great Christian spirituality writers of the 20th century to begin stripping away layer upon layer of my selfishness and conceit. Since then I have

November 12, 2006

Jan Johnson

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation Spiritual Disciplines

CONFESSION CONSIDERED: Coming Clean

Confessing sin isn’t easy, but it can bring tremendous relief and real change. Explore unexpected benefits of accountability, practical steps toward growth, and how to find “safe” listeners who pray and encourage obedience.

January 11, 2006

Mark A. Taylor

Worship & Prayer Prayer

Knowing His Heart

Prayer need not remain a ritual or a ceremony, but the crucial step to creating a relationship with the One who made us and loves us—learning to listen and enjoy God’s presence.