What does it means to “train” people in the faith.
Last summer I had the chance to sit with Dr. Jerry Sittser, Professor of Theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA.
As a church historian, Jerry shared story after story from the early church Christians, as well as the desert fathers and mothers, regarding how they engaged in spiritual formation — training to be spiritual athletes.
Hi. My name is Guy — and I’m an introvert.
No, I’m not a recovering introvert, just one that needs to remind myself — and others — from time-to-time that God has made me this way.
I enjoy my cave time. A LOT.
Summers on campus often feel like a blissful hibernation of sorts. Sure, there are the occasional meetings, interactions with other members of my staff, etc.; but for the most part there’s a lot of quiet space.
About a year and a half ago I had the chance to grab lunch with a very accomplished thinker, educator, author, minister-type.
He has done so much over the course of his life, so I just had to ask, “how do you do it all?”
I was a little surprised by his response:
Sleep is overrated!
In my reading this morning I sat with Paul’s encouraging letter to the believers in Philippi. The first half of chapter 2, on imitating Christ’s humility, has always been a challenging word to hear…
This morning was no different.
Campus has grown quiet here. The students have left for the summer (well, most of them anyway) and it’s time for a change of pace… right?!
Obviously the ministry landscape of the summer months will look different in comparison to those of the academic year; with space for assessment, planning, preparing… and of course, some much-needed vacation!
But I wonder how many of us are simply turning off the ‘ministry spigot’ because it feels like the natural thing to do… I know, for the most part, that’s typically what I do.
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