Category spiritual growth
Spiritual Growth for Single Moms
Single mothers have spiritual challenges that many others don’t relate to “Spiritual growth brings us to our knees. It puts us in our place. Surrender is necessary and we don’t do surrender very well. Ask us to organize a committee we can do that. Ask us to plan a new wing for the church, we […]
A Quick Spot-“Why Go to Church?”
It is important that you not only commit to your spiritual life and growth.
How to Grow Spiritually with the Enneagram
Would you like to participate with a group of women learning how the Enneagram can guide you through spiritual development? The Enneagram has been around for centuries and is an in-depth personality identification and study. You will not only learn about your personality, you will learn about your “shadow” sides. You will learn how to […]
Who Are You?
“You have forgotten who you are. Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become. Remember who you are. Remember. . .”
– Mufasa speaking to Simba
Our Personal Wilderness Journey
I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl.” Well that is what Moses was up against – getting the slavery out of the people. They had a slavery mentality.
The Drama of Desire
Since the beginning, since Adam and Eve, we have desired to be the god of things. We choose to wrong tree. “Instead of imitating and reflecting God as good image bearers should do, we start competing with God, edginess God out, playing god ourselves.” We blame each other. We become religious rivals. We judge one another.
What is the Wounded Gift?
Anam Cara is a phrase that refers to the Celtic concept of the “soul friend” in religion and spirituality.
What Is a World of Meaning?
There are patterns all around and above us. As far as the eye and telescopes can see patterns are revealed. The seasons always follow sequentially as they always have. Seeds reproduce just as they have since the beginning. Babies are born after nine months. Children grow up, mature and have babies of their own. This pattern of meaning is logos or the logic of life.
How to Approach Your Own Spiritual Reorientation
Do you yearn, as I do, for the just right spiritual path that will give you the meaningful life you desire? Perhaps like so many of us you have “realized that religion too often shrinks, starves, cages, and freezes aliveness rather than fostering it.” You want to live life with aliveness.
Gail Cawley Showalter 