Part three looks at models or paths of spiritual formation. After a description of each, I will reflect briefly and offer a few more guiding questions for your own reflection. Contemplative Spirituality: A Shalem Senior Staff Monograph Written by Carole Crumley, Bill Dietrich, Ann Kline, and Gerald May March 2004 “People express their spirituality, their …
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Mar 26
Palm Sunday: From Triumph to Surrender
John 12:12–27 and Psalm 118:19–29 Palm Sunday invites us into one of the most dramatic turns in the Gospel story. Crowds gather with palm branches, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!” as Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey. It is a moment filled with …
Mar 01
The Courtyard We Know Too Well
John 18:12–27; Psalm 51:1–12 Lent 3: “From Failure to Restoration” We know the courtyard. Not the one outside the high priest’s house, but the one in our own hearts—the place where fear whispers louder than faith, where we warm our hands at the nearest fire and hope no one asks who we really are. Peter’s …
Feb 12
In Tears Seeing the Glory of God
The Great Reversal of Lent 1 John 11:1–44 • Psalm 126:5–6Why is it that we can only see the glory of God in tears? Lent begins with this unsettling truth: the places we most want to avoid are often the very places where God’s glory breaks open. John 11 makes this painfully clear. Mary and …
