Share encouragements and insights as you pursue the spiritual disciplines.
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Here are 5 great ways families can practice the spiritual discipline of listening together, brought to you by the Dwell at Home series of resources for families and the Faith Practices Project.
Listening serves as a central faith practice, teaching us to be more attentive to the Spirit than to our own agendas and priorities.
Considering trying the spiritual discipline of fasting within your family? Discover the blessing of fasting together and find tips on how to get started.
As people have started engaging with this milestone, some have asked, “So, what exactly is a spiritual discipline?”
Like many things, COVID has reshaped how we worship and practice our faith. Here are a few Ash Wednesday ideas suggested by CRC chaplains!
As I began writing down our experiences, I was surprised at the grateful tone my list carried. I felt like I was given the gift of perspective.
When overwhelmed by the pain and sorrow of the world, I hold up an imaginary one-inch frame; allowing the image that fits in that frame to be my starting point.
Here are 5 great ways families can practice justice and mercy together, brought to you by the Dwell at Home series of resources for families and Faith Practices Project.
Perhaps the rhythm that I find most challenging and most important, however, is God’s heartbeat for justice and mercy.
Engaging with the Bible is different from studying a textbook, reading the news, or scrolling through social media. It’s God’s story, and we’re in it.
Donald Usher, the helicopter pilot who plucked 5 survivors from the river, said that the man could have been dragged to safety but he handed the rescue line to others.
Staying inside our Refuge is our first line of defense against COVID-19.
Sometimes Christmas doesn’t feel like the best time of the year. This devotional set will reassure you that even during the darkest of Christmas seasons you’re not alone.
This downloadable resource offers 5 ways to cultivate a spirit of hospitality in your kids. Share it with the families in your church!
So when Paul calls the early church in Rome to practice hospitality, the Spirit is teaching God’s people “to pursue loving strangers.”
How should Christians respond in the midst of our polarizing political climate? By engaging in one of the most political acts available to us: Prayer.
How much is Jesus worth?
This downloadable resource is great for sharing with parents of kids in your children's ministry.
But Mom prompted us: “You need to give away something you love.” Then she drew my attention to the two new boxes of mac and cheese we had just bought. I was crushed.
The practice of gratitude can become a “sign post” for sabbath, reminding us each week to receive God’s gift of rest and renewal.
Listen in as Reverend Mandy Smith leads us in this creative art experiment to practice a posture of rest, receptivity, and response to the Spirit. (*No art experience or skill required.)
Forming faith practices with children takes intentionality, and practicing gratitude with children provides the opportunity to express thanks to God for his love and goodness.
The practice of gratitude is about recognizing, trusting, and responding to God’s goodness and abiding presence with us.
Here are five great ways families can practice gratitude together, brought to you from the Dwell at Home series of resources for families and the Faith Practices Project.
In many ways, keeping sabbath is about restoring all of who we are and realigning us with all of who God is.