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The Discipline of Listening
Discernment involves listening with love and attention to our experiences, to each other, to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit deep within ourselves ...
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Medical Student Learns Valuable Lesson
In his book Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande recalls a patient he encountered during his final year of medical school. The older ...
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Bono on Spiritual Formation
Your nature is a hard thing to change; it takes time…. I have heard of people who have life-changing, miraculous turnarounds, people set free from ...
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Christian Life: Getting a Feel for the Game
A common theme in modern Christianity has been that head knowledge is how one becomes more adept at following Christ: the more you know, the better you'll ...
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Finding God in the Closet
In an article for Today’s Christian Woman, author Jan Struck writes:
As a child, I was captivated by Jesus' words on prayer [in Matthew 6:5–6]. ...
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The Power of Group Solitude
Adie Johnson, who serves on the staff of a small church in Colorado as Pastor of Spiritual Formation, shares a few thoughts about the power of group solitude: ...
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Behold and Be Still
Two commands direct us from the small-minded world of self-help to the large world of God's help. First, "Come, behold the works of the Lord." ...
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Husband Concerned About Wife's Hearing
A concerned husband goes to see the family doctor: "I think my wife is deaf. She never hears me the first time I say something. In fact, I often ...
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On Being Accident-Prone
A rabbi taught that experiences of God can never be planned or achieved. "They are spontaneous moments of grace, almost accidental."
His student ...
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Condoleezza Rice Advises Accountability
When Katie Couric took over as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 2006, various personalities gave her advice as to what to do and what not to do. Condoleezza ...
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