Refresh: Connecting to Christ Through Unplugging

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Refresh: Creative Ways to Connect with Christ

In her “Spiritual Disciplines Handbook,” Adele Calhoun describes dozens of spiritual disciplines.  This blog series takes up some of the most uncommon disciplines from Calhoun’s list.  Perhaps these can breath freshness and newness into your spiritual life.  Below, I’ve utilized some of Calhoun’s ideas as well as some of my own. #1 Unplugging Unplugging is an [...]

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Refresh: Connecting With Christ Through Celebration

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Refresh: Creative Ways to Connect with Christ

For nearly a year, my daily exercise routine was the same every day of the week.  I’d spend 30 minutes doing cardio followed by 30 minutes of weight lifting.  Four to five days a week, it was the same thing every day—30 minutes of cardio followed by 30 minutes of weights.  But after 52 weeks [...]

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Refresh: Connecting with Christ Through The Examen

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Refresh: Creative Ways to Connect with Christ

In her “Spiritual Disciplines Handbook,” Adele Calhoun describes more than 60 spiritual disciplines.[i]  Some of these disciplines are familiar to and practiced by many Christians today.  But other disciplines in Calhoun’s list are unfamiliar and new to contemporary Christians (though they’ve long been common in older Christian traditions).  This series takes up 10 of the [...]

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