God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so t….

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful….

Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace..

Countless people pray far more than they know. Often they have such a "stained-glass" image of prayer that they fail to recognize what they are exper….

Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied..

Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying..

Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that by his v….

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us..

When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems..

The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all, regardless of how worthy the idolatry that he or she has substituted for it..

What is urgently needed is a bold new move from a consumer economy to a conserver economy in all of the developed countries, and particularly in the ….

One remarkable feature of the devotional masters is the incredible sense of uniform witness in the midst of such diverse personalities... and the nec….

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love..

The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured by the knowled….

You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without treasuring the….

And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do n….

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life..

Conformity to a sick society is to be sick..

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life..

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father..

Thinking is the hardest work we can do, and among the most important.