Archive for the ‘spiritual formation’ Category

Why morning prayer time matters

For the vast majority of my life, I wasn’t a morning person. I suspect that if I took enough time off, my body would probably still return to its long-time circadian rhythm of a 2 a.m. – 10 a.m. sleep cycle. Like many, I’m simply not a morning person.

What’s God’s path for you and your people?

We had numerous great teachers at the LifeServe conference last week. I did an entry here shortly after John Ortberg’s session, but another part of his session bears repeating.  He was talking about spiritual development and the fact that there isn’t one right path for everyone.  For example, there were many cheers from the crowd [...]

Measuring spiritual progress

At LifeServe last night, John Ortberg spoke about developing yourself spiritually.  He thinks a lot of Dallas Willard (don’t we all?) and when he was speaking with that great thinker he asked Dallas how he could measure spiritual growth.  With no hesitation, Willard replied that he asked himself two questions: Am I more or less [...]