The dilemma with trying to write something every day is that I get so busy and don’t feel like I have anything to offer on some days. Some days that I’ve skipped, I’m struggling with my own personal demons and don’t want to think or write about that. Maybe I should. I tend to…
Tag: spiritual formation
Discovering Mission and Call for our Lives
I’m reading a few books on discernment, specifically because I’m at a place in my life and ministry where I’m asking “God, what is your mission and call for my life.” I’ve turned to two resources: “Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily life” by Henri Nouwen “Discernment, God’s Will & Living Jesus: Christian Discernment as…
John Ortberg: On Spiritual Formation Hates
Mostly, I hate how much this list has described me and how slow of learning am I. Be careful not to get on the bandwagon of the “next thing” without seeing how current or previous language or practices have led to this next thing. Dennys bible study or lectio divina…it’s all the same. https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2013/april-online-only/seven-things-i-hate-about-spiritual-formation.html
QA Session: Church Struggles and Hopes
Meet my friend Rachel (pseudonym). She courageously took the time to do a QA with me. Rachel is someone who loves Jesus in deep ways AND also struggles with church experiences she’s had in the past. As a minister in the marketplace, I come across employees who have experienced deep pains in church settings and…
Homily – The Shepherd
Readings: 1 Peter 5:1-4, Psalm 23, Matthew 16:13-19 In today’s readings, the ongoing theme tying each passage is Shepherd. Peter and King David are key figures, with Jesus as the Chief Shepherd. It’s beautiful how our faith tradition has put together passages like this so that we might see the coherence throughout the biblical narrative. …
A Reflection on Death, Abundance, and Compassion
Today’s scripture readings have a few themes: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120617.cfm Death Abundance comfort/compassion Death In my late 20’s and early 30’s, I struggled with panic attacks. I had an immense amount of anxiety about dying. This manifested itself in different ways, mostly through a fear of getting sick or having a heart attack. A few factors contributed…
A Prayer of Desire by Thomas Merton
Source: A Prayer of Desire by Thomas Merton “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will…
Don’t Waste The Pain
You’ll need community, care, and courage. You’ll need a power bigger than you.
Current Theological Heritage and Values
I have to write a paper and think through my “theological heritage/tradition”. I feel a bit lost trying to think through what it is. I grew up in a pentecostal (apostolic assembly/latino) church until my early twenties. In my twenties, I was part of a small congregation that was in part getting influenced by the…
Keep Calm and Quiet
Psalm 131 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. 3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord…
