Faith Formation
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4
How is our faith formed? What experiences and trials does God us to help us become like Christ? What role does the church have in forming our faith?
A Posture of Sabbath
By Chad+ Jarnagin | | Discipleship, Faith Formation, Spiritual Growth | Chad Jarnagin, rest, Sabbath, Text
Rest and sabbath in a culture of exhaustion may be the only antidote to our soul fatigue. Slowing down our pace of life is becoming more and more difficult.
Sabbath as Spiritual Formation
By Lyn Baker | | Faith Formation, Spiritual Growth | Colossians 1:27, Lyn Baker, rest, Sabbath, spiritual disciplines, Spiritual Formation, Text
The command to keep the Sabbath in the Old Testament becomes an invitation to enter into God’s rest in the New Testament. Worship and the Eucharist strengthen us to go out from our Sabbath-keeping to tend and care for the personal dominion God gives each of us.
Summer Reading Recommendations
By Ethan+ Harrison | | Faith Formation, Spiritual Growth | book review, books, Ethan+ Harrison, Recommended Reading, Text
Here's a good list of good reads for your summer reflection. These books will inform you, inspire you and, quite possibly, change you.
Living in the Resurrection: Mortification and Vivification
By Ethan+ Harrison | | Celebrate, Faith Formation | Colossians 3:1-17, Easter, Ephesians 4:20-24, Ethan+ Harrison, Galatians 2:20-21, Living in the Resurrection, Philippians 2:1-11, Resurrection, Romans 6, Text
How do we live the resurrection life today? Trust, surrender and discipline. We must trust in God’s loving providence as he works in our daily life circumstances to mortify the habits of the flesh and vivify us to new life.
The Book of Common Prayer: A Unifying Resource
By Mark+ Walz | | Faith Formation, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Anglicanism, prayer, Scripture, Text, The Book of Common Prayer
As Thomas Cranmer, the principal author of the original BCP, said, “Our Book [of common prayer] … is an instrument of the Bible.” The Bible can be a daunting text to engage with; thankfully, the work of Cranmer and others like him was able to give us a beautiful book to structure our prayer and guide our daily interaction with God’s Word.
Transformed by the Holy Spirit: Remember the Poor
By Guest | | Faith Formation, Spirit | Simon+ Ponsonby, Winter Conference 2016
Simon+ Ponsonby Winter Conference 2016
Transformed by the Holy Spirit: Love-led Leaders
By Guest | | Faith Formation, Spirit | Simon+ Ponsonby, Winter Conference 2016
Simon+ Ponsonby Winter Conference 2016
The Via Media and the Muddled Middle
By Chris+ Myers | | Faith Formation | Anglicanism, church history, Roman Catholic, The Via Media
This is love at its best, an immoderate pouring out of all that we are and all that we have for the sake of another. After all, the center of our faith is the example par excellence of immoderate love--the willing sacrificial death of the Son of God. As attempt to walk the middle way, might our love be immoderate in exactly this way.
Spiritual Gifts: A Missional Exercise in Grace and Dependence
By Guest | | Faith Formation, Spirit, Spiritual Growth | Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, Text
As we discern Spiritual gifts together, we are cultivating a culture of sensitive listeners (to ourselves and one another) and confident practitioners. In this way we become less of a community of religious consumers, and more of a community empowered to participate in God’s work in us and through us.
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