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A New Year Blessing from Thomas Kelly

A Church Called Formatio

Light Shining in 2024

Video Introduction to A Testament of Devotion

Books that Map the Way to a Deeper Life with God

Thoughts while Wandering

An Old Christmas Sermon and Prayer

And we saw his glory...

O Emmanuel

O King of the Nations

Content for Paid Subscribers

O Radiant Dawn

O Key of David

O Root of Jesse

O Adonai

O Wisdom

The Spiritual Maturity Priority

How Church Culture Becomes Toxic

Trekking

Boosting Advent

Experiencing God

The Gospel Word: Praying the Antiphons

Becoming Fluent in Biblical Spiritual Formation

Spiritual Growth Cultures

Tolle Lege! Tolle Lege

The Bible Has Become My Ancor

I've been traveling with some beautiful people

Soul-Deep Pleasure

Spacious Living: Space Enough for Gratitude

Gratitude: The Spiritual Antidote to the Deadly Disease of Complaining

21-Day Complaint-Free Opportunity

A Short Story about Spiritual Formation and the Anemic Spirituality of Contemporary Church

Trekking: A Guidebook for Spiritual Transformation

Two Artists, One Hymn

A Psalm about Words

The Power of Remembering--Especially When It's Inconvenient to Remember

Singing--It's Power--Even When You Can't Sing

A Good Week For Reflection

Now You Can Listen to Trekking

A Slow, Gradual Healing of Blindness

The Path to Christian Spiritual Growth

The Trailhead Podcast

The Path to Christian Spiritual Growth

The Path to Christian Spiritual Growth

The Practice of Christian Spiritual Growth

Today--and the Coming Week

The Path to Spiritual Growth

The Path to Christian Spiritual Growth

The Path to Christian Spiritual Growth

How Do You Sink Below a Low Bar?

The Path to Spiritual Growth

The Path to Spiritual Growth

The Path of Christian Spiritual Growth

The Trailhead Podcast: Upside-Down Leadership

The Trailhead Podcast: Pastors and Spirituality

Life Is Perfectly Designed to Flop without Humility

Christianity Is Perfectly Designed to Flop without Prayer

Life Is Better, Slower

Three More Things I Like about Spiritual Formation

Three Things I Like about Spiritual Formation

Jesus Meets the Grinch

Coming tomorrow...

Spiritual Transformation and Spiritual Communities

Turning Spiritual Deserts into Fertile Spiritual Communities

An Octogenarian with a PhD in Poetry Changed a Dangerous Corner of a City

Stories for the Journey to a Deeper Life with God

The Gospel Word

The Trailhead Podcast: Servant Leadership

A New Reality, A New Conversation, A New Possibility

A Waiting World

The Gospel Word

Waiting: A Remedial Lesson

Waiting

Spirituality and the Churches Who Love Their Pastors to Be Celebrities

Spirituality and Public Service

An Exciting Announcement

Trekking: A Guidebook for Spiritual Transformation

A "Breakfast" in Heaven

The Jesus Way of Life

Celebrity and Church Culture

Toxicity and Its Impact on Spirituality

The Listening Stream of Spirituality

The Trailhead: A New Spiritual Formation Podcast

A New Spiritual Formation Book

Living Well in a Time of Radical Risk

Rest Is NOT Optional

The Gospel Word

Prayers from A. W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God

Prayers from A. W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God

The Destination of Soul-Shaped Christianity

A Soul-Shaped Christianity

Desire: The Pursuit of God

Desire

In Honor of 7/11 Day

Antony:

The Gospel Word

Antony:

New Compass Center Resources

A New Community and Place for Spiritual Growth

THE Way

The Gospel Word

The Honeybee, Part 3

The Honeybee, Part 2

The Honeybee

Living Spiritually Through a Sluggish Monday

The Gospel Word

Praying an Old Friend

A Spiritual Formation Newsletter

Stories of Cost-Saving Euthanasia from the North

The Gospel Word

Life As a Gift

Here We Go Again: The Sorry Movement toward Government-Approved Euthanasia

My Journey Inward

A Graduation Worth Celebrating

Confessional Speech: The Sexualization of Children

Post-Memorial Day

Confessional Speech: On Behalf of a Culture

Confessional Speech: The Sexualization of Children, Part One

Confessional Speech: Day Two

Confessional Speech

Hanging by a Thread

Spiritual Practices

Palms Up; Palms Down

No Sabbath, No Community

Is Sabbathing Biblical?

The Rhythm of Jesus...

Guide to Prayer

Mornings Full of Worship

Making God Visible

The Inward-Out Process of Transformation

A "New" Spiritual Practice

Spiritual Treasure by Bernard Bangley

Treasuring

Leaders Go First...

The Rebirth of Christianity is NOT Exaggerated

Spiritual Formation Community

Two Words: Spiritual + Theology

How People Change: The Role of Spiritual Practices

Three Spiritual Guides

Slow Down: A Core Spiritual Practice

Pace, Not Race

Join me on Notes

God Is Back!

Resurrection Day

Holy Week Readings: A Magnetic Day of Days

Holy Week Reading: Jesus' Inward-Outward Balance

Holy Week Readings: An Image on a Coin

Holy Week Reading: The Source of Jesus' Authority

A Three-Word Speech

Holy Week Reading: The House of Prayer

Trekking: A Guide to Spiritual Transformation

Things that Remind People of Jesus

Some Marks of Jesus-Like Community

Jesus-Like Community: More Important than Ever

Belonging: A Primal Human Craving

Simplifying: Antony Discovered Treasure

Building a Listening Life

Creating Joy: St. Francis and the First Christmas Creche

Othering: The Beautiful Life of John Woolman

Creating Community in an Age of Polarization

Thin Places

This Coming Week on Compass

Everyone Is Invited to a Spiritual Journey

Repenting During Lent of the Way Celebrity and Platform Malforms Soul and Church

Things that Get in the Way of a Deeper Life with Jesus

A Temporary Adjustment in Posting

Lent, 2023: The Beginning of Lent

What Happens When Spiritual Awakening Grips America's Churches

Bart Simpson Once Said...

Holy Week Is Coming: April 2

Spiritual Formation and the Culture of Death

Spiritual Practices, Mud Puddles, and the Sea

Vizio Divina: A Portable Spiritual Practice

One Reason Churches Are Not Making Disciples

6 Tips for Slowing Down

The Art of 21st Century Living

There Is a Spiritual Practice for That

What Is A Real Spiritual Revival

Thin Places

How Spiritual Formation and Gratitude Play Together

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Cleansing and Gratitude

Did You Hear the One about...

The Start of Spiritual Re-Formation and Gratitude

Genuine Encounters with God and Gratitude

Personal Deconstruction and Gratitude

A Closer Look at Deconstruction and Gratitude

Deconstruction and Gratitude

Grateful for Christian Community

New Days and Gratitude

The Settling Power of Gratitude

The Freedom of Gratitude

The Link between Atheism and Gratitude

Grateful for a Word

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Tears, Forgiveness, and Gratitude

A Prayer for Worshipers

Go Slow for More Gratitude

Thomas Kelly

Coming Next Week: New Writers about Spiritual Formation

Daily Doses of Nature Increase Gratitude

How Prayer Began

The Practice: How Spiritual Practices Work

A Spiritual Life: Worthy of My Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Spiritual Classics

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Spirituality of Gratitude

Day Six: The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

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