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In the Zoe-Life exploration-course which is “Gleanings from the Life of Jesus,” I meld insights from my work with Dr. Jim Fleming in the Holy Lands (in the 90’s) with spiritual formation lessons accrued over the last few decades. Early…

In several courses I facilitate, first efforts see participants tendering initial definitions of key words and concepts — as, for example, “spiritual formation,” “Biblical faith,” “teaching,” “the spiritual disciplines,” etc.  Such work and ensuing conversations are at the core of…

Among the thrills and highlights of my pastoral (and preaching) ministry was not just getting to meet and visit with Ken Medema, but having him engage one of my messages in song. For those who don’t know Ken, his is…

In retrospect,      I see the ways that my passion for spiritual formation particularly ignited with a reading of Brent Curtis & John Eldredge’s The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, back in 2001.  No, it’s not real…

In the coming month, I will be launching my newest online course via BeADisciple.com. “Exploring Spiritual Formation: Mapping Our Journeys Back Home to God” is a four-week, self-paced course which invites individuals to timeline their faith stories and, then, to…

Culture’s crammed with heaven– with every common show (and song) afire with God. But only the one who listens takes off shoes; The rest sit round, switching channels. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (paraphrased) “That will preach,” folks have…

As I understand it, early on in his work, Richard Rohr added the word “action” to the name of his Center in Pecos, New Mexico.  Without “action,” you see, as an essential compliment and counterbalance, contemplation can too easily digress…

Every now and then, I dream of writing another book.  It is not that I have written one, mind you.  It’s simply that a general dream of writing attaches itself to another possibility. Among the books I have actually begun…

In a “Keep Calm” podcast a few weeks ago, Faithwalking’s Ken Shuman introduced me to Admiral James Stockdale. Shot down over Vietnam in September, 1965… Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison, the infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” where he spent the…