While highly informed theologically, I was only dimly aware of the dynamics between God and myself—his invitations and my evasions.

On your journey with Christ, sometimes relational experience is more important than abstract knowledge

Perhaps the main barrier to spiritual formation is the resistance of the “false self.”

When your story becomes more of a resource than a reproach, you are “story-rich.”

While the three works vary, they all interact with notions of love, suffering, and faith.

Spiritual formation involves your whole being.

Spiritual formation will unsettle you.

A Poem by George Herbert Shows Why

I wrote this prayer to help me name my fears and let go of them.

This prayer by Thomas Merton helps me accept that I don’t need to know what lies ahead, just Who’s leading.

Hopkins’ musical, exuberant, and quirky poetry thrills my soul.

Beauty also poses a risk. You could be disappointed—even betrayed.

Why do I hide? Why is exposure traumatic?

Start where you are, not where you should be.

For so many years I lived in fear and mistrust. David Benner helped me see more clearly why.

Since reading Mulholland on formation, I have been more searched out by God than ever, but I am also more in love with God than ever.

“Lectio Divina is a posture and a means of encounter with a text that enables the text to become a place of transforming encounter with God.”

May I never view my wife as my possession who exists to further my agenda.

This is a short attempt to enter into the experience of a person who encountered Christ.

The prayer of Compline gives us the language of lament and a nuanced interplay of grief, beauty, work, joy, and love.