“There is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like truth at all because it carries responsibility.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“spiritual formation is a matter of reworking all aspects of the self.” — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Christians swim in metaphor like fish in the sea. Spiritual formation requires some measure of analogical or imaginative ability, since we are,… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“Our own spiritual formation will be strengthened if, in our busy, crowded, and noisy lives, we find regular times and places for… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Most people in America, when they are exposed to the Christian faith, are not being transformed. They take one step into the… — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“We become either agents of God's healing and liberating grace or carriers of the sickness of the world.” — M. Robert Mulholland Jr Copy Share Image
My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure… — Augusto Pinochet Copy Share Image
“We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.” — Erin M. Straza Copy Share Image
In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“What are some things you would like to change about yourself? What distracts you from focusing on the change or the spiritual… — Mike Ashcraft Copy Share Image
If we can't even spend a short amount of time each day with God in solitude, our spiritual formation will be seriously… — Tricia Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Some years ago a leading media personality had a high-level conference in Aspen, Colorado, on the topic of evil. (Shouldn’t that meeting… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
For me the university has always been an ideal context for spiritual formation. I always felt that if you want to offer… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Many Christians were suddenly prepared to look at traditional methods of spiritual formation. They could not help but see that spiritual growth… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“This is what you do when you journal. You are recording God’s grand, epoch-spanning redemptive story as it unfolds in your limited,… — Adam L. Feldman Copy Share Image
“It is love itself-not loving behavior, or even the wish or intent to love-that has the power to "always protect, always trust,… — Dallas Willard & Jan Johnson Copy Share Image
“Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see themselves fall into… — Juan de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
