Posts categorized as "Spiritual Discipline"
Thank the Jesuits!
The Society of Jesus, otherwise known as the Jesuits, are a Roman Catholic order that’s gotten a lot of attention recently. The newly ascended Pope Francis is the first Jesuit to ever hold the office. Never mind the fact that he chose the name of the founder of a different order (either to signal his…
After Urbana… So What?
On December 31, 2012, 16,000 students seeking God’s heart for world missions gathered in the Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams, to celebrate New Year’s Eve. That night was the culmination of almost a week’s worth of seminars and study, worship and searching, and experiencing first hand the ways in which God…
A New Year of Resolving for Better Things
Every January we hear a seemingly endless amount of chatter concerning new year resolutions. This seems to come from a place of recognition that most of us are squandering the good things we have in our lives, even if it’s not expressed in so many words. As followers of Jesus, we too are not immune…