Subject: Spirituality

The Scandalous Grace of the Gospel | Esther Kim

Esther Kim (MDiv ’16), reflects on the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32, preaching on the lavish grace of the father and receiving grace from God who gives it to all in equal measure

Silence, Patience, Presence

Dr. David Augsburger use extensive quotes and poetry to reflect on three healing postures for pastoral care

Jude Tiersma Watson on Stillness

Jude Tiersma Watson, associate professor of urban mission, argues that we can cultivate a “posture of stillness” just as easily on a busy street as a monastery

Jude Tiersma Watson on Listening

Jude Tiersma Watson, associate professor of urban mission, hows how we can cultivate the spiritual practice of attentiveness, especially in urban contexts

Krista Tippett on Wisdom

Krista Tippett, founder and host of public radio's program On Being, reflects with Dr. Labberton on her conversations with cultural leaders and the role of wisdom in shaping public discourse

Alexis Abernethy on Her Calling

Alexis Abernethy, professor of psychology, remembers visiting libraries as a child and her journey toward researching the psychological aspects of worship and spiritual experiences

Stillness Tent

Story

A Holy Space

This excerpt from the book "Praying the Hours in Ordinary Life" explores how anyplace can be a sacred space of prayer

Spiritual Flourishing and Embodied Life

Brown and Strawn discuss embodied life as the context of spiritual flourishing

Brad D. Strawn

Trends in Baptist Spirituality

Glenn Hinson discusses positive and negative aspects of Baptist spirituality and reflects on the current situation of Baptist spirituality

Life as Prayer: The Development of Evelyn Underhill’s Spirituality

Understanding Evelyn Underhill's spirituality must consider her whole life's journey of faith

Todd E. Johnson

Pietism: Reborn in Order to Renew

John Weborg discusses the principles of Pietism in historical context, including reforms seeking to balance grace, fear, and God’s internal work

Quaker Spirituality: How Can We Serve Unless We Listen?

In Quaker thought, asserts Grace Adolphsen Brame, service is the hallmark of the meditative life, centered on prayer

The Spirituality of Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis was “consumed totally in the desire to live a radical life following Jesus” in simplicity, humility, poverty, and the cross

Sacred, Secular, Spiritual? Contemporary Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Bereavement

A sacred-secular distinction, Bregman argues, is unhelpful in death and bereavement

Religion and Spirituality: No Longer Forgotten Factors in Clinical Practice

Shafranske offers 3 clinical practice integration situations

Thick Patients, Thin Therapy, and a Prozac God

Dueck argues for psychotherapy that begins within the client’s worldview

Alvin Dueck

To Tell the Old, Old Story: The Narrative Dimension of Counseling and Spirituality

Counseling, says Lee, should connect clients’ stories to God’s

Cameron Lee

Sacred Patients, Secular Therapy

Gooden argues that spirituality is multidimensional, raising issues for secular patients too

Winston Gooden