Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.
I’m working on a summer sermon series on the ten conflicts in Mark’s Gospel between Jesus and the religious leaders. Ten Conflicts Between Jesus and… Read More »Jesus v. Religion (1): The Conflict Over Forgiveness
Enable me to show favor to the poor in spirit who have no one but you in their corner, the mournful so weary of the wrong in… Read More »The Sermon on the Mount Prayer
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 intentional spiritual practice which “calls us to leave the virtual world of technology (computers, e-mail, Blackberries, cell phones, PDAs, iPods, etc.) in order to become present to God and others.” If you long to “be fully present to and uninterrupted in your interactions with God and others,” then this discipline is for you.