May I Have This Dance?
by Karen Wallace For a period of time, I have struggled with the term “journey” as it relates to one’s spiritual life. As I sat with my discomfort, I began to uncover it was connected to my legalistic theological training.…
Hesitant Surrender
by George Klassen I’ll take salvation but I don’t like surrender Of my independence I’m a passionate defender On the bed of self-sufficiency I will rest in hope defined by me So I’ll take salvation but don’t ask surrender A…
He is Like Streams…
by Rod Janz Five days a week I (used to) work out in a gym. The gym is noisy, and according to my wife, who seems to have a superior sense of smell, it smells funny. On Saturdays I like…
God in the Dark: Practice
by Esther Hizsa If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light…
God in the Dark: Theory
by Esther Hizsa Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison…. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him… Genesis 39:20,21 It was lab day for our spiritual direction class. That meant we took…
God Has Given Me
by Elaine Voth God has given me so much more insight into how I listen, through both the classes at King’s Fold, and the preparation of this assignment. He had been gradually revealing to me my self-absorption: my tendencies to…
Expanding Capacity
by Michelle Newsham October 30, 2005 As I was sitting in a small group setting one day, apparently caught up in my own thoughts, someone made the comment to me that I was off in “my own little world.” I…
Discernment
by Katherine Kroeker As I begin to understand discernment from a contemplative perspective, three decision making stances emerge; decisions based on my flesh or the needs of my false self, decisions based on a charismatic view and theology of God,…