I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain... →
John Ortberg
Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by... →
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning... →
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality.
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church.
Sometimes, an inability to believe in Satan reflects a larger inability to believe in a spiritual plane at all.
The question isn't if someone will sign up for spiritual formation; it's just who and what our spirits will be formed by.
Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority... →