David Benner: Love and Fear
David Benner Love and Fear Einstein stated that one of the most important questions facing every individual is whether or not the universe is friendly. It would appear that for …
Tom Ashbrook: Understanding the Journey with Teresa of Avila
Tom Ashbrook The Right Discplines at the Right Time: Understanding the Journey with Teresa of Avila I was sitting at Holy Trinity Abbey in Huntsville, Utah, staring off toward the …
Michael Wilkins: Disciple-Making for Changing Times and Changing Churches
Michael Wilkins Disciple-Making for Changing Times and Changing Churches As I stand on a bluff overlooking the blue Pacific Ocean near our home in Southern California, I watch lines of …
Larry Warner: A Word About Retreats
Larry Warner A Word About Retreats It seems like today more and more Christians are going away for a “retreat“. They are taking a day or even a weekend to …
Larry Crabb: Entering the Battle That’s Already Been Won
Larry Crabb: Spiritual Direction: Entering the Battle That’s Already Been Won In December 1985, 7,000 therapists gathered in Phoenix, Arizona, to hear more than twenty of the leading theorists and …
John Coe: Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation
John Coe Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation: Opening to Spiritual Formation in the Cross and the Spirit Abstract There are many dedicated Christians who are in the grips of …
Greg Peters: The Holy Spirit in Spiritual Theology
Greg Peters The Holy Spirit in Spiritual Theology Introduction In his Institutes, the fifth century monk and ascetical theologian John Cassian relates some words of wisdom that he and his friend …
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun: Discovering Your Desire
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun Discovering Your Desire WEEK AFTER WEEK good church people come to me with their R-rated lives and a question: “Does God’s presence in me really change anything?” …


