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Long Live the Eyes: When Seeing Becomes a Form of Resistance

Speaking Truth in Love

A Beautiful Life for Others

Becoming a Truth-Taster

What If That’s Actually True?

Spirit, Be My Guide

The Spirit, Truth, and Trouble

The Intimate and Organic Life

Wanderings: Covered in the Wrong Dust

🔵Getting Off the Wrong Train

Waypost: The Wrong Train

Walking in the Dust of the Rabbi

The Well: The Rabbi and the Revolution

Formation Dig: Where Else Would We Go?

Formation Digs: The Spirit of Truth

The Trailhead: The Weight of Truth

Formation Dig: Sabbath for the Whole Household

Wanderings: Disrupting the Merry-Go-Round

Bible Dig: Proverbs 22:6

The Rhythms that Hold us

Bible Dig: Luke 10:38-42

A Rule of Life for Families Who Want Less Noise and More God

A Family Rule of Life

📖 Bible Dig – Matthew 18:3

Raising Simpler Souls

Reading the Spiritual Classics with the Heart

🧭 The Week Ahead: Raising Simpler Souls

Wanderings: The Fractured Mind and the Silent Church

Spiritual Formation Dig: A Sabbath Time

When the Gospel Entrepreneur Had to Stop

Bible Dig: Why Slowing Down Feels So Awkward

Why We Can’t Look (or Listen) to Each Other Anymore

Spiritual Formation Dig: Relearning Silence

Bible Dig: When Fast Becomes Fragile

The Hurry Virus: What We’re Losing Without Knowing It

7 Free Practices for Living More Simply in a Noisy World

Bible Dig: Gratitude in the Pressure Zone

The Disease of Never Enough: When Gratitude Becomes Rebellion

The Word That Stopped the Rage

Bible Dig: Don't Forget the Good

Practicing the Rebel Virtue: Finding God in Every Kind of Day

Feeling Worn Out by the Noise? Start Here.

Bible Dig: Only One Turned Back

🌝 Gratitude Is Rebellion

The Week Ahead: The Rebel Virtue

🧭 The Forgotten Ministry the Church Desperately Needs

🕯 Walking with Souls: How I Found My Way into Spiritual Direction

🧭 Walking with Souls: Inside the Work of Spiritual Direction

🧭 Walking with Souls: What Does a Spiritual Director Actually Do?

Bible Dig: This Voice Behind You

Bible Dig: The God Who Sees You

🧭 Why Spiritual Direction Matters More Than Ever

Start Here: For the Weary and the Hungry

Start Here: For the Weary and the Hungry

The Week Ahead: Spiritual Direction

🧭 The Gospel of Scoreboard

Bible Dig: Learning the Unforced Rhythms of Grace

What I Left at the Cross

What Are You Really Longing For?

Bible Dig: The Broken Cisterns We Keep Drinking From

Bible Dig: Return and Rest

Monday Post | How Salvation Replaced Transformation

🧭 The Week Ahead: Spiritual Detox

Wanderings: Lose the Word, Lose the Way

When Scripture Becomes Light

🧭 When Word Became Light: From Luke to Lavender

When Scripture Becomes Soul Food

🕊️ VE Day, 80 Years Later: A Letter from My Father

📚 The Word Is Not Just a Manual

A New Series Begins Monday

🧭 Wanderings: The Distraction Epidemic

The Day Silence Became Part of How I Prayed

Prayer That Begins in Silence

🧭 Why We Need a Compass

📍A Quick Reminder

🧭 Weekend Preview: What’s Coming to The Compass

🥾 Wanderings: You’re Not Failing Just Because You’re Not a Venti

The Trailhead: What's Coming--And Why It Matters

🥾 Gone Hiking: The Sacred Art of Doing Nothing

Spirituality of Gratitude

🧭 Weighty Souls, Steady Posts (Part 2)

The Spirituality of Gratitude

🧭 Weighty Souls, Steady Posts (Part 1)

The Spirituality of Gratitude

📍 Concerned for Something Greater: Living Our Calling

He Is Risen: A New World Has Begun

🌑 Silent Saturday: How to Keep Your Soul When God Seems Absent

📖 Good Friday: Drawn to the Cross

The Spirituality of Gratitude

📖 Holy Thursday: What Belongs to God

The Spirituality of Gratitude

📖 Holy Wednesday: Hanging on Every Word

The Compass Is Rising—Come Be a Part of It

We Did This Together – Thank You

Holy Tuesday: The Balance of Solitude and Engagement

Spirituality of Gratitude

First Things First: What Jesus Prioritized on Monday of Holy Week

The Day the Crowd Went Wild

Holy Week Devotionals

The Spirituality of Gratitude

I Am a Card-Carrying Member of an Old Club

Slow Your Soul This Holy Week

Gone Hiking: The Sacred Rhythm of Solitude and Sabbath

Free Tools for the Interior Journey

What The Compass Is (And What’s Ahead)

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Spiritual Formation Library

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Recovering the Ancient Practice of Spiritual Direction: A Movement for Our Time

Spirituality of Gratitude

Spirituality of Gratitude

A New Chapter for The Compass Newsletter and The Trailhead Podcast

Wanderings: Before They Come for Us

A New Chapter for The Compass — Exciting Changes Coming May 1!

Spirituality of Gratitude

Spiritual Formation Library

Beyond the Buzz: A Theology of Spiritual Formation

Spirituality of Gratitude

Spirituality of Gratitude

Spirituality of Gratitude

Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude: Day 3

A New Chapter for The Compass: What's Changing and Why

Gone Hiking

The Spirituality of Gratitude

The Spirituality of Gratitude

Beyond the Buzz: A Theology of Spiritual Formation

A Slow-Living Experiment

A Spiritual Formation Library

Beyond the Buzz: Understanding the Theological Roots of Spiritual Formation

A 4-Minute Centering Reading

Gone Hiking

A 4-Minute Centering Reading

Embracing a Slower Pace: Lent’s Invitation to Simplicity

A Spiritual Formation Library

A 3-Minute Centering Reading

The Birth of a Granddaughter

Spiritual and Political Communities

Gone Hiking

An Interview with Lisa Colón DeLay about Desert Faith and Spirituality

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

A Spiritual Formation Library

Wanderings: Christians and Religious Freedom Under Attack in Syria

Invited to Be Joined to Christ

The Rescue Journey

The Rescue Journey

Renewing the Journey to Rescue

Lent: The Rescue Journey

The Jesus Prayer: Walking with Souls, Part 2

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Walking with Souls: Contemplative Praying, Part Two

Walking with Souls: The Jesus Prayer

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth Communities

A Spiritual Journey Resource

The Path to Spiritual Growth

The Path to Spiritual Growth

Listening to God

Listening to God

Walking with Souls: Solitude and Silence

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Walking with Souls: Lectio Divina

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Podcast: Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Guidance

Spiritual Direction and Deeper Awareness of the Presence of God

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Guidance

Freedom of Thought Under Duress

Wanderings: Freedom of Thought

A Journey with God through Cancer

If You’re Seeking Closer Communion with God...Try This Bible Reading Approach

A Hunger for Depth: Why Spiritual Direction is More Relevant Than Ever

The Unhurried Soul: How Slowing Down Shapes Spiritual Direction

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Guidance

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Guidance

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Direction

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Guidance

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Spiritual Guidance

Walking with Souls: The Holy Art of Guidance

Thankfulness

A Book That's Made a Difference

A Portable Spiritual Practice

The Deeper Connection

The Art and Calling of Spiritual Direction

Guide Hearts and Nurture Souls: Become a Certified Spiritual Director

Sacred Rest

Gone Hiking

Confessional Speech

How Change Begins

Better Baked than Microwaved

Better Baked than Microwaved!

The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey

Wanderings: Awakenings

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

A Sabbath Day

Communal Worship

Gone Hiking

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

The Deeper Connection

Spiritual Direction in the Contemplative Tradition

Gratitude as a Gateway

Gone Hiking

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Soul Shepherds: Julian of Norwich

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Nurture Souls, Guide Hearts: An Opportunity to Become a Certified Spiritual Director

Communal Feasting: Embracing God's Love and Presence Together

Soul Shepherds: 7 Spiritual Guides

Identity Re-Discovery

The Hidden Metric: Rediscovering Jesus' Measure of Discipleship in a Numbers-Obsessed Church

Spacious Living: Space Enough for Gratitude

Spiritual Guidance

Disconnecting to Reconnect

Planted by Streams

The Heart of Spiritual Direction

Wanderings: Awakenings

An Unexpected Path to Spiritual Growth

The Heart of Spiritual Direction

My Testimonial about Spiritual Direction