Spiritual Disciplines

February 7, 2011

Do you know if you’re hungry?

A post by Andrew Thompson Waffles. Of all the breakfast food in the world, waffles are my favorite. My grandma SeaShell used to make Belgian waffles for me and my brother when we stayed over at her house on the weekends. These were ‘loaded waffles’, with generous heaps of butter, blueberries, strawberries and maple syrup. […]

March 29, 2010

Praying through Holy Week

Christian Calendar, Holy Week, Spiritual Disciplines 0

I won’t lie: 6 a.m. is tough. As those who were at Morning Prayer this morning can attest, my voice is still scratchy, my words come slowly, my thoughts don’t focus. In Luke’s gospel, Jesus finds his disciples slumbering in Gethsemane, “sleeping for sorrow.” Even they are one up on me; I’m more likely to […]

February 3, 2010

Strengthen, Empower, Sustain: Confirmation

Anglican, Confirmation, Spiritual Disciplines 2

Our bishop, David Bena, will be visiting Restoration in a couple of weeks, on February 28th. One of the things he’ll do while he’s here is confirmations. Basically, confirmation is a chance for you to publicly profess for your faith in Jesus Christ and to express your desire to live out that faith corporately in […]

January 28, 2010

Do you fast?

Sermons, Spiritual Disciplines 2

Do you fast? We will be talking about another pillar of Islam this week: the fast. Jesus had several things to say about fasting and whether it should be a spiritual practice for those who follow Him. Richard Foster has been a helpful instructor to me as I think about spiritual formation. Here is insightful […]