Spiritual Formation
Idols & Circumstances: A Devotional through Habakkuk
“What’s going on God?” is what I wish I would ask when life stops making sense to me. To my discredit, more often than not, I get angry and depressed. As we follow Jesus through every valley and sinkhole of life, we have to hold onto the truth that these ugly circumstances have a purpose,…
Cody John Simpson
Cultivating a Servant Heart
I think one of the biggest misconceptions about spiritual disciplines is that they are all some kind of meditative, almost esoteric, type of practice. When this is the image of spiritual disciplines, most people begin to walk the other way. I have found that regular, consistent prayer is hard for many, if not most, people,…
Finding God in Stillness
In my past few posts of this series we’ve explored, pretty robustly, the purpose and inspiration behind the spiritual disciplines. If you’re like me and 99% of people out there, you probably just wanted to hear about how to do certain practices and leave it at that. Thank you for tagging along. Ultimately though, it…
In The Footsteps of Jesus
I’m back with part three in our exploration of the Spiritual Disciplines. Believe me when I say I’m just as eager to dig into specific practices as you are, but before we do there I need to lay out a final point in favour of carrying out these practices in the first place. So please…
Motivation for Spiritual Disciplines
As we begin to explore spiritual disciplines as a way of life, I first ought to address some of the Evangelical suspicions against them. Hopefully in doing so, naysayers can be convinced and even motivated to heartily venture into new depths of spiritual growth and discovery. Incidentally, motivation is one of the root concerns many…
What Are Spiritual Disciplines?
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES PART 1 When I have brought up the topic of spiritual disciplines with fellow Evangelicals, I’ve received one of two responses. The first is apprehension, and the second (and more common) is confusion. Maybe that’s one of your responses reading this introduction. Its not a mystery why this is so, and I’ll be…