The Hope of the Church in 2024 Politics
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | citizen, politics
The Christian response to politics is to be the Church through the power of the Holy Spirit: a living, breathing community, set apart by its love of God and pouring out to the world. It is the first fruits of the new Kingdom of God.
Quiet Days
By Guest | | Church Life, Prayer | prayer, rest, Sabbath, soaking prayer
Quiet Days are all about focusing on the love of God and receiving. We come into the presence of God in a posture of receiving, attuning our hearts to the heart of the Father and silencing the noise that drowns out the voice of the Good Shepherd.
Seal Team Navy Chaplain: A day in the life
By Guest | | Leadership, Personal Story | chaplain, Chaplaincy, military, Navy
I ask each person whom I encounter how I can specifically pray for them, and about 90% are open to receiving prayer. Those interactions springboard into deeper spiritual conversations.
Book Review: Children’s Ministry and the Spiritual Child
By Guest | | Children | book review, Children's ministry
I was immediately impressed when I flipped through the book to see the vast number of research studies referenced and cited. This book, however, is not just about the studies. It’s an extremely thoughtful integration of that research into very real, sensitive ministry, accounting for complexity and context, based on years of experience and deep reflection.
The Gift of Listening
By Guest | | Healing, Resources | Christmas, mental health
Your loved ones living with mental health conditions may view the holiday season as a gauntlet of triggers and with overall dread. For many, interactions with particular family members or having to be on point in large group settings can create feelings of anxiety and need for isolation. Here's some ideas on how to help.
Out of The Ordinary
By Guest | | Church Life, Faith Formation | book review, Ordinary Time, Tish Harrison Warren
As you read each chapter, Liturgy of the Ordinary begins to reveal the intentionality we are called to in that identity, that vocation. We do this by applying the pattern of Christ to the messy fabric of our lives. Warren shows us how we can rip apart the torn seams to stitch them together anew, with care and Christ at the center of our personal liturgies.
The Cure of Souls: Theory of Change in Christian Ministry
By Guest | | Leadership, Spiritual Growth
Focuses on how theology shapes and forms Christian ministry.
Book Review: Prayer in the Night
By Guest | | Prayer, Resources, Spiritual Growth | BCP, book, book review, Compline, prayer, reading, review
By Carol Floch McColl, All Saints Dallas Liturgical worship, ancient rhythms and richly scripted prayers are a beautiful landscape of territory I have been exploring the last eight years. I arrived late to Anglicanism, having grown up in Christ in other Christian traditions—as did Tish Harrison Warren, an Anglican priest, award-winning author and the author…
Book Review: Parenting in the Pew
By Guest | | Children, Resources, Spiritual Growth | book, book review, children, Children's ministry, Parent, Parenting, Parents, reading
By Dr. Robin Turner, Kid’s Ministry Director, All Saints Dallas Too often, children (and their parents!) get the impression that going to church is about not doing things: don’t move, don’t make noise, don’t distract, don’t be impatient, don’t bother your sister. Sunday worship ends, and children and parents leave feeling frustrated, embarrassed and unfulfilled.…
Transformed and Renewed by the Eucharist
By Guest | | Three Streams
As we receive the wine and bread, we don't simply receive a reminder of Jesus' sacrifice, but a measure of the grace and new life that this sacrifice purchased for us. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are transformed and renewed each week to more fully reflect the hope and life of Christ to a hurting world.