Posts with the category “spiritual-practices”

Spiritual Practices // Emotionally Healthy Spirituality // Beginning Guide  Read More

If someone asked you, “How is it with your soul?”, what would you say?Would you give the honest answer? Or the efficient one?  Or perhaps the one that sounds spiritually acceptable?This question isn't asking whether you are busy, productive, or even successful--although I would imagine many of us interpret our own health of our souls through the lens of busyness and production of spiritual fruit.I...  Read More

Let's begin by asking the uncomfortable question: Do we actually trust God?Most of us would say yes, but if we looked at our calendars it might share a different answer.When we refuse to rest, we do more than exhaust ourselves. We quietly declare that everything depends on us. We fill every margin. We answer every notification. We chase every opportunity. And without meaning to, we turn accumulati...  Read More

You do not need to be spiritually advanced to begin a spiritual life. You don't need certainty. You don't need to hold the perfect belief. You don't even need to have a dramatic conversion story.You only need willingness.Intensity does not produce transformation. Repetition does. Event-driven spirituality often leads to greater disconnect and eventually burnout. We rely upon expectations. They sha...  Read More