Growing up in the 80s and 90s, owning music seemed to hold a greater value than it does today. Even in those decades, I can still remember Mom and Dad’s records — the ones we would have on in the ...
Characteristic of our times are the many uses and abuses of the Bible. What is the meaning of a biblical passage and how do we find it? This question divides Christians into a variety of camps, often ...
Once you’ve selected your Scripture, take the time to work your way through the following steps. Allow yourself to move freely between the steps as the Spirit leads. In this first step, read through ...
Three decades ago, research by James Pennebaker and colleagues (1986) revealed that expressing one’s deeper thoughts and feelings through writing can result in significant physical and psychological ...
As we seek to answer the call to prayer, we are helped by the Church’s rich treasury. Such a treasury includes the prayer methods. Each of the methods is unique, but all serve the same purpose, namely ...
Lectio divina is Latin for spiritual reading. It is a method of reading and praying on Scripture and other classics of spirituality like Augustine’s Confessions and The Imitation of Christ. It has ...
A member of an adult education course that I taught on the book of Acts showed up one Sunday morning with his own maps and charts, a CD by an evangelical preacher whose credentials seemed suspect, and ...