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Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

I long to grow in my faith, I’m convicted that I’m not where I should be, and the spiritual disciplines seem like the steps to get me from point A to point B. But is measuring my spiritual progress really what spiritual disciplines are for? What if they measure something else?

Peter Gammell

March 25, 2025

Roaring Rapids of Anxiety

My stream of consciousness is a steady flow of thoughts, floating with the current like a fleet of boats. But when I experience anxiety, my calm stream of consciousness is suddenly a set of roaring rapids, my thoughts getting thrashed about in the treacherous water! What do I do?

Peter Gammell

March 18, 2025

Unfolding Grace: Transforming Anxiety into Art

When I’m anxious I have an odd habit of folding paper. With anxious precision my fingers crease and re-crease a once-crisp sheet until it becomes worn and frayed. I don’t know why I do this, but it mirrors what’s going on inside my head. My thoughts, like the paper, fold and refold in on themselves until I’m worn out. Anxiety focuses my attention ever more narrowly. It crumples me up.

Brandon Booth

March 4, 2025

Jesus loves real people

I have many narratives, fears, and self-judgments that are deeply embedded in my heart. A particularly nasty duo of devilish dogmas has hounded me for as long as I can recall: “You could be so much better than you are right now” and “You’ll always falter short of the finish line.”

Peter Gammell

February 18, 2025

What does it mean to be "spiritual"?

“Spirituality” is in vogue these days. I meet more and more real witches and true believers in Odin every day, and well-respected academics have a renewed interest in esoteric wisdom literature and shamanism. But what does it actually mean to be "spiritual"?

Brandon Booth

January 28, 2025

Christmas Eve as practice dying well

Christmas Eve anticipation is a great metaphor for life. We are waiting anxiously for the coming of Jesus! In this way, Christmas Eve is practice in dying well.

Brandon Booth

December 24, 2024

Rejoice in the Lord! (but how!?)

Is it bad that I don’t feel happy today? Do I have to? Does everyone else rejoice when they’re told to? Am I a bad Christian?

Liv Booth

December 17, 2024

The world is abusing our attention

God knows that I am frail and distractible, and so he treats me gently and compassionately (Psalm 103:13-14). Not so the world, it just sees easy prey. As a limited and fallen thing, I’m a sitting duck for distraction, anxiety, and despair. All of them can easily catch and devour my attention on a daily basis.

Brandon Booth

November 12, 2024

Sitting with Jesus in fear and anxiety

My train of thought is like a runaway train! Anxious thoughts and feelings barrel through my mind and body faster than I can manage, and I get completely “fused” or “tangled up” with them. The more I try to control them—to answer the “What ifs”—the faster and more out of control my thoughts become! It’s a recipe for disaster.So, instead of trying to wrestle a runaway train, I’m deciding to simply step off the ride...

Brandon Booth

October 29, 2024

Be still...

Whenever I lead folks in centering prayer I begin the time by quoting Psalm 46:10: “Be still and know that I am God.” I then slowly work backwards through it as a meditative point of departure for silent prayer. It’s amazing how well each successive line both emphasizes the whole meaning and invites us to meditate on a new dimension of the whole.

Brandon Booth

September 24, 2024

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Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

Roaring Rapids of Anxiety

Unfolding Grace: Transforming Anxiety into Art

Jesus loves real people

What does it mean to be "spiritual"?

Christmas Eve as practice dying well

Rejoice in the Lord! (but how!?)

The world is abusing our attention

Sitting with Jesus in fear and anxiety

Be still...