This week I tried to get into the habit of doing examen. For me, that meant simply setting aside the time to actually do a daily examen....

Last year went by in a blur. I usually make a point of pausing during the Christmas holidays to reflect on the year that is closing, and...

Have you ever seen a person in a scuba suit in the middle of the desert? What about a water fountain in the middle of a lake? Or an...

There are a lot of difficult passages in the bible. Some of those passages are difficult because they are so far removed from our world...

This week I want to offer a tip that seems pretty simple but is a little more complicated in practice. It goes like this: when you read...

We are starting with a big one- GENRE. Simply put genre is a way of categorizing things that have agreed-upon characteristics, together....

"But, how are we supposed to get to know God?" This is a question that I hear people ask all the time, and I think that they usually ask...

Do you, and your church, follow the bible? This is a loaded question and one for which there is both one right answer (“yes”) and many...

All spiritual practices have one thing in common- they are biblical. But... The thing about the bible, is that we need to be taught how...

I hope that over the course of this series you’ve gleaned some great tips about practicing silence (actually I hope that you are able to...

My alarm goes off. My eyes open to the light. I inhale and stretch my arms up over my head. My feet touch the floor and in a matter of 9...

If you want to practice silence it might be because you’ve probably heard all sorts of things from a variety of people who talk about how...

When was the last time you experienced silence? I mean real silence- like no one is talking to you, kids are not running around screaming...

I am one of those people who enjoys small talk. I love casual social interactions, and I can honestly say that the thing I have missed...

I remember feeling nervous about attending a formal event, knowing that the only people I was going to know there were former colleagues....

Labyrinths are often described like Mazes- and while at first glance they may seem similar, they are in fact quite different.

Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering....

The first time I took communion, I was shattered by God’s goodness and the way he redeems the most difficult things in our history's. I...

All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. (Matt 5:37) The above is a real interaction I...

Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. Just do it—quietly and...