Over the past couple of years I have found a new life by reading and studying the wisdom of the desert Abbas and Ammas. There are many stories and “words” in this wisdom and I am not the first to explore this vast landscape. Through my studies I have c…

Setting ministries down can be a difficult thing, but it is sometimes easier to do when there is a ritual to do so, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy, who offers counsel on how to go about it.

Can you discern if this is a sunset or sunrise?   —  Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

Not long ago I found mys…

Christians are called to follow Jesus, not lead him, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

The Christian leader of the future should be totally irrelevant to her/his surroundings, instead offering only one’s “vulnerable self” to carry the message of God’s unconditional love, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Henri Nouwen writes in his book In the Name of Jesus there are three temptations Jesus faces in the desert with Satan. He frames them as:

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Trying to be spectacular — such as when Jesus was tempted to leap off the top of the temple — puts the focus on human doings rather than on God, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Henri Nouwen writes in his book In the Name of Jesus there are three temptations Jesus faces in the desert with Satan. He frames them as:

Henri Nouwen writes in his book In the Name of Jesus there are three temptations Jesus faces in the desert with Satan. He frames them as:

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