Know Yourself (Don’t give your False Self the keys to the car)

This post from John Eldridge’s Killing Lions is so true.  We must become more aware of how past pain and trauma affect us today… [John]   The more you know yourself, the more this will prove an immensely helpful category. (And please, as Socrates urged, do not live an...

Worship: The Heart’s Healer

This excerpt from John Eldridge’s Restoration Year is right on point! Everything should culminate in worship. Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD. Psalm 105:3 NLT On counsel for spiritual direction, Mother Teresa suggested: Spend one hour of your...

The Message Of The Arrows

This excerpt from John Eldridge’s “The Sacred Romance” is so important! How we respond to the “arrows” will define how we live our lives… At some point we all face the same decision—what will we do with the Arrows we’ve known? Maybe a better way to say it is, what...

A Sage Draws Us To God (vs. Expert)

This excerpt from John Eldridge’s Fathered By God, captures what I want to become… We live now in a culture of expertise, so completely second nature to us that we don’t give it a second thought. Cutting-edge advances in science and technology—ever sharpening, ever...

Worth Fighting For

This encouragement for Renovation Year by John Eldredge is a life changer! Having a fellowship of the heart is a battle worth fighting for… Behold, how good and how pleasant it is, for brothers to dwell together in unity! (Psalm 133:1 NASB) A true community is...