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Which aspects of what God has done for us in Christ are most important to you?
This question went along with the reading of Ephesians 1:1-14 which is full of blessing.

“Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms” v.3
“He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world” v.4
“That we may be holy and unblemished in [...]

Which of these movements best describes where you find yourself right now?
I find myself being reoriented in my relationship with Christ. The book, “The Divine Conspiracy” by Dallas Willard, is helping me see the Kingdom of God and how to live in it in a new way. I feel that I am being reoriented to [...]

When in your spiritual journey have you felt restored in your relationship with God?
I wouldn’t say that there are any major times when I have been away from God so long that there was a restorative event, but there all the more frequent times of restoration. Sometimes in worship I feel more connected with God [...]

Identify a stage in your journey when you were spiritually thirsty, discouraged, or empty? What happend? What brought you through the desert?
Interestingly enough, I think I was spiritually thirsty the year I was in seminary. This might be shocking, but you can spend a lot of time in the Word, studying it in depth and [...]

The question for today is where would you marvel, like Jacob, that “Surely the Lord [was] in this place–and I did not know it” from your personal history?
Right now I am coming to the realization that God is in every place at all times. Yes, that is his omnipresence. But all too often we don’t [...]

My small group is working through a series called “Companions in Christ.” A part of the process involves journaling our reflections on various Bible passages and questions. I have decided to record them here.
What marked the beginning(s) of your faith journey?
I would have to say that my faith journey is closely tied to my heritage [...]

“We mostly spend [our] lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do. Craving, clutching and fussing, we are kept in perpetual unrest.” -Evelyn Underhill

I believe I am becoming a pacifist. I have always been uncomfortable with war and the pain and suffering it brings, but have thought that it was necessary at times. While I still think that for the most part, I am encountering material on pacifism. Right now I am reading “Passion for [...]

The emerging church conversation deals with the question of renewing the Church so that it lives out its mission in/as the Kingdom of God. The “how” is much harder than the “why” or “what”. Many have taken the idea of a new monasticism and formed communities of house churches.
As one who ministers in [...]

I have been interested of late in the emerging church. As one who grew up in the church I relate with many of those who are hungering for something deeper and wider. However, many are unaware of this movement or conversation that is happening on the fringes of the Church, in small house [...]