Spiritual Disciplines

Without intentional practices for reading virtuously, even virtuous books can end up furthering vice.

Lessons on intentional living from the modern monastic movement.

Both science and Scripture attest to the power of rejoicing, especially when we don’t feel like it.

Even without retreating to the desert, we can train our wandering minds with ancient monastic wisdom.

My history of disordered eating means I practice the spiritual discipline in community and with accommodations.

Prayer, fasting, and reading Scripture in community make our days more spacious.

Chosen by Kristin Elizabeth Couch, author of Deep Roots, Good Fruit: Seeing the Fruit of the Spirit Through Story and Scripture.

In an age of social media celebrity and showy spirituality, we are invited into a holy unawareness.

Elizabeth Oldfield’s invitation to seekers who long to transform themselves and their world.

An excerpt on risk, worship, and spiritual growth from The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God.