A response to “The Joys & Pains of Spiritual Growth.”

A friend asked me what I thought about this article- Youth Pastor Panel: The Joys & Pains of Spiritual Growth.  Here is my response: I think that self-care is an extremely important issue for people in ministry.  Our job in ministry is to walk with people in their spiritual journeys and guide them along God’s path.  So, I appreciate that this article realizes that in order to do this, the minister must first care for their own walk with Read More …

The “Work” of Lutheran Spirituality

Within Christianity I have learned that there are three realms to spirituality. Our connection to God. Our connection to others. Our connection to ourselves. If we only have one or two of the three, our spirituality is missing something.  This article is primarily about the first realm. Recently, I have come across several people who identify themselves as “spiritual.”  However, when prompted further, they couldn’t identity what makes them so.  I understand that within various Read More …