Spiritual Practices: Fasting
The primary purpose of fasting is place God at the center of our lives: our thoughts and actions.
Book Review: Make the Most of Your Productivity by Ana Avila
In this day and age of productivity and sustainable work ethics, this is a much needed resource for the biblical view of these ideas
Fasting Reading Plan
Read along with us as we study Fasting in April. What is fasting and what does God want from our fasting?
BRAVE: New Ways to Connect by Hearing, Saying, Seeing
From testimonies to music to famous people, Brave is everywhere, even inside us.
Book Review - It’s All Under Control by Jennifer Dukes Lee
Book Review of It’s All Under Control by Lee, encourages women to give up the tight grip on control, but is not a Bible study
Confession Reading Plan
Bible reading lists can be used in various ways, for various purposes. They can be the springboard to deeper study or stay superficial, as the reader may choose.
BRAVE in the Bible: Joshua
Joshua is a biblical example of courage or bravery, as my Word of the Year.
Spiritual Practice: Giving
The the key to giving is the heart decides what to give, when, how much. It isn’t the church, the Joneses, or anyone else who decides what we need to give.
Book Review - Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude By Joe Rigney
Christian Courage is a habitual intentional characteristic according to Rigney.
Spiritual Practices Intro
An introduction to spiritual practices or disciplines along with a definition.
Brave: Word of the year 2024
Brave - what can we gain by a year of bravery? word of the year introduction
Book Review - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel by Jonathan gibson
Gibson has done a wonderful job compiling these resources for use on a daily basis from Advent to Epiphany. The liturgy takes about 15 minutes, so is a reasonable amount of time to dedicate to the Lord in addition to, or as, a daily quiet time.
Emotions as Gauge and Not Guide
We need to understand our emotions and control them, using them as a gauge and not a guide. They can offer an understanding of how we are feeling and how to process what is going on in our lives, but they cannot be used to drive our actions.