“God is One”: St. Maximos the Confessor on the Trinity

One of the most spiritually encouraging readings I have engaged in this past year and presently is from a collection of Eastern Orthodox writings called The Philokalia. I first heard of this work through the writings of Richard Foster and the work of Renovaré. The second volume of the complete text of The Philokalia is …

Five Important Contemporary Books on Spiritual Formation and Discipleship

In my message this past weekend at Eastbrook, "The Fruitful Life," I explored what it means to lead a fruitful life with God based in what we encounter in Psalm 1 and John 15. Amidst that message, I shared a basic framework for spiritual formation, or discipleship, that came from Dallas Willard. Reflecting on that …