Topic: GROW: Spiritual Disciplines

In a world full of lies, pride, and image control, there is a powerful alternative that is as counter-cultural as it gets. Confession, said Michel Foucault, is when we “go on record against ourselves.”

What if the way up is down, the way forward is backward, and the way to more happiness, contentment, and fulfillment…is less of self, less of stuff, and less of wanting indifferent things?

How is fasting a spiritual habit? Casey McDonald shows us how.

We noticed 9 of the 10 commandments finding their way into the New Testament…but failed to see the assumption lying behind Jesus (Matt 11:28-30), Paul (Acts 13, 17, 18), and Hebrews (4:9-11), that God-honoring people would value resting from work, to remember and honor God as the sole creator and sustainer of our lives.

Think on these things.

What if we thought of silence, rest, and solitude as spiritual habits?

What if we thought of reading Scripture as a spiritual habit?

What if we thought of our spiritual community as a spiritual habit?

Going to God in prayer is meant to disable all the signals coming from our culture, and even quiet the noise in our heads. It stops the outside voices clamoring for our attention, and forces us to be still. Why? Because we are not actually in control of our lives; and God wishes to communicate with us and even navigate our way in the world.