Confessions of Longing for God I often write about devotion to God, not because I’m devoted to God, but because I desire to be more so! I long to long… Continue Reading
Confessions of Sin One of the most important spiritual exercises we can do is confessing our sins to God. To confess sin is to speak the truth to… Continue Reading
Jesus is My Heaven Recently I read a line from Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love that so warmed my heart with a longing to be close to Jesus… Continue Reading
Alert to God, Content with Not Knowing In making decisions we want to know what God’s will for us is. Which job is the best one for you to take? Is that… Continue Reading
At the Cross of Christ with Julian of Norwich Julian of Norwich writes, “It seemed to me that I could feel the Passion of Christ strongly, but yet I longed by God’s grace to… Continue Reading
A Deeper Life in Christ is Holy and Happy Yesterday on my Sabbath day I read a little book by the early 19th Century Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne, The Deeper Life. He died… Continue Reading
John Wesley’s Prayer of Consecration One of the most helpful things I have done in life over the years is to take heart from the devotion of the great ones… Continue Reading
Four Degrees of Love (Bernard of Clairvaux) “Love is the fountain of life, and the soul which does not drink from it cannot be called alive.” These are the ancient words of Bernard… Continue Reading
Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship This sample reading log on Spiritual Friendship by Aelred of Rievaulx is like the ones that participants complete in our Soul Shepherding TLC program. (A reading log is a… Continue Reading
My Experience with John of the Cross’ Dark Night of the Soul In the 16th Century in Spain there was a very poor and little man (just four feet and eleven inches tall!) who became a spiritual… Continue Reading