We’re Living in Strange Times
If you’ve lived through 9/11 and 2008 you know what I mean about strange times. If you don’t know, no need to read any further. You’ve got too much sand in your ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to us. We’re living in a time of exaggerated contradictions. At the very time many […]
The Second Core Spiritual Habit: Listening Prayer
Those who read my previous post may have been surprised that I suggested scripture reading may be the most transformative spiritual habit. I’m sure there are those who would argue that prayer offers more opportunities for the Spirit’s injection into our lives. However, so long as the average prayer is a monologue, it’s unlikely to […]
The First Core Spiritual Habit: Pick up and Read
The first and typically most transformative spiritual habit is, surprisingly, scripture reading. I’m fond of saying “I’m a scientist’s son and a mainliner at heart,” so when I tell church leaders that if they’ll just start reading scripture regularly their lives will be transformed, they sometimes look at me as if I was from a […]
The Five Core Spiritual Habits
Although my book High-Voltage Spirituality is a compendium of forty-eight different spiritual habits (disciplines), in practice I maintain there are five core spiritual habits that provide a foundation for personal maturity and church growth. And so it was with a mix of horror and relief when I was informed my book High-Voltage Spirituality was going […]
Guess Who’s Coming for Easter – It’s Probably Not Who You Think
When it comes to Easter, churches tend to roll out the red carpet for visitors. Already, major marketing plans are underway to attract the unchurched masses. Anticipating a larger-than-usual crowd, what with the economic situation, pastors and worship teams are meeting to discuss themes, strategies, and tactics to invite the unchurched to consider the gospel, […]
Thanks for the Prayers
Many of you know my wife has been in the hospital for more than 30 of the last 55 days. Three times she has had to spend a week or more in the hospital, and they still haven’t found the reason she bleeds when they put her on Plavix. She is home now and although her struggle […]