Spiritual Growth
"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18
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.
Advent as Holy Hunger
By Chris+ Myers | | Celebrate, Spiritual Growth | Advent, Anglicanism, Church Calendar, Church year, Text
Advent is a season for such holy hunger. Advent, this time when we as the Church inhabit Christ's first coming as a way to look forward to his second, names that hunger and in some sense gives us a taste of what it might feel like to be truly satisfied.
Three Ways the Book of Common Prayer Shapes Us for Mission
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | The Book of Common Prayer
By Rev. Christopher Caudle I bought my first copy of the Prayer Book to impress God with better prayers than I had been praying on my own. The prayers were beautiful and their vocabulary matched the version of the Bible I thought God liked best. There were even charts in the front and back of…
How I Found Myself in The Confession
By Lucas Damoff | | Faith Formation, Sacraments, Spiritual Growth | Text, The Confession
God doesn’t hate sin because sin is bad for Him. Sin grieves God because it is His creatures willfully turning away from that perfect love, and toward their own destruction.
The Real Reason We Pass the Peace
By Lucas Damoff | | Spiritual Growth, Worship | Anglicanism, Text, The Peace
The peace that Christ gives is richer, deeper and eternal. Ultimately, it is a peace that comes alongside the gift of the Holy Spirit, which means it is a peace that comes from being united into the immutable peace of God Himself. So even while we wait for the fullness that will come with His return, we have the deposit that guarantees it.
What’s So Special About the Creeds, Anyway?
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth, Worship | ancient faith, ancient-future faith, Anglicanism, creeds, Text
In The Anglican Mission, we see the historic creeds as our sure guide, both to modern faith and practice, but also to the historic faith of the catholic, apostolic church.
Understanding Your Calling
By Guest | | Leadership, Spiritual Growth | Anglicanism, Genesis 3:1-2, relationships, Text, vocation
Our vocation is first of all the arena in which God mentors us into discovering who we are—which means Christ in us, the hope of glory. Our vocation is the arena by which He is shaping us to be an eternal splendor.
Worship and Truth: How Worshipful Prayers Give Fire to Anglican Theology
By Gavin+ Pate | | Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Worship | 39 Articles, ancient faith, Anglicanism, Book of Common Prayer, church history, Isaiah 37, Text, Theology
What is more fundamental to the heart of Anglican theology: the 39 Articles or the Book of Common Prayer? Gavin+ Pate explores why both are essential for an enlarged faith and enlivened liturgy.
The Agony of Alone
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | alone, isolated
Throughout life, we encounter times when we feel completely alone, unable to turn to anyone but our Creator. The Rev. Brad Mathias of Four Winds Mission encourages those walking the path of isolation.
Playing Hide and Seek With God
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | Personal story
How often do we attempt to hide parts of ourselves from God, using flimsy disguises for our sin? When He woke her up one morning from a sound sleep, Ronda Perry learned the joy of being found.