“We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.” — Erin M. Straza Copy Share Image
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. — John Ortberg 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
The real issue relating to exclusiveness is whether or not the Christian actually has a relationship with God, a presence of God,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Discipleship and spiritual formation are less about erecting an edifice of knowledge than they are a matter of developing a Christian know-how… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Everyone is in a process of spiritual formation. We are being shaped into either the wholeness of the image of Christ or… — M. Robert Mulholland Jr 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
It is not that the university as such is against spiritual formation. It is just that often the university does not know… — Henri Nouwen 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
“When Jesus put on flesh, He made human existence “sacred.” Thus, when you are inhabited by Jesus through His Holy Spirit, your… — Adam L. Feldman 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
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
“Up until I was thirty years old I was your standard issue Christian- the kind christian schools and churches in our town… — Clare De Graaf Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the… — Henri Nouwen 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
Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such… — 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
“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