Spiritual Disciplines

I clutched my MapQuest directions as I drove to a speaking engagement. Stress often dribbled into my heart when I needed to find a place I had never been before. I was grateful for this computer-generated guidance to help me get there on time, until… The directions told me to turn left at the next stop sign and into a cornfield! Oh, the days before GPS! Now we plug our…

Sometimes I struggle with prayer. How to pray. What words to say. When to find time to pray. What do I pray when I don’t know what to pray? Recently I discovered a short prayer that has been used for centuries. This short prayer is…

Not long ago I met with a group of women hungry for God’s transforming power. We met often one summer, exploring spiritual disciplines–spiritual practices that have been used by devout Christians for centuries. Reading about these exercises and practicing them with this small group helped…

Lent is a time of confession and forgiveness. Here you’ll find 5 Scripture passages that will guide your time of confession and remind you of God’s unlimited grace. Whenever I go out to work in my garden in the summer, I come back feeling grubby,…

When I’m longing for something, I’m comforted that God knows every want, every wish lodged deep in my soul When the desires of my heart remain out of reach, I pray the words of the psalmist. Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble;…

Thanksgiving is upon us. Maybe you can hardly wait for the roasted turkey and cranberry stuffing. Or perhaps you dread the holidays. Or maybe you’re struggling to find a reason to be thankful. Perhaps you even feel thanksgiving is a bit passe. I mean all…

We all grow attached to beloved items, habitual routines, or jobs and positions that seem to give life meaning. But the following story may illustrate how our attachments are mere illusions and how the spiritual discipline of detachment can help us grow closer to our…