Posts Tagged ‘spiritualformation’
Is Suffering an Essential Part of Christian Discipleship?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Suffering for Christ is theĀ main Lausanne Conversation topic for August 2010. In “To Serve Is to Suffer,” Ajith Fernando explores the paradox that measuring ministry by efficiency, numerical results, and a sense of fulfillment can make a church “ineffective in evangelism.” Fernando has beenĀ national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. The [...]
Tags: HolySpirit, spiritualformation, suffering, theology, world
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A Spiritual Formation Retreat
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Following the model of Jesus, who often “went off to a solitary place and prayed” (Mark 1:35), Calvin Christian High School teacher Scott De Young organized a spiritual retreat weekend at The Hermitage in Three Rivers, Michigan, for students and faculty from his school. Scott writes, “If you’re somewhat unfamiliar with the idea of spiritual [...]
Tags: highschool, prayers, reflection, retreat, spiritualformation
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'The True Self' at CCblogs
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
From CCblogs: It seems more clear all the time that who I really am has been encrusted over the years by layers and layers of self-protection. This is what the contemplatives call the artificial self or the false self. What also seems just as clear is that openness to realism and honesty about who I’ve [...]
Tags: blogging, blogs, reflection, self, spiritualformation
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Reflections on Symposium 2009 at Nurturing Faith
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Gale Tien of Christian Schools International blogged these reflections on Symposium 2009 at the Nurturing Faith blog: In January 2009, I had the privilege to participate in the Calvin College Symposium on Worship. My role was to be an observer at the day-long gathering of nearly 25 Christian High School Worship/Chapel Committees. This group of [...]
Tags: chapels, highschool, planning, spiritualformation, wsymp09, youth, z00005
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Christianity Today on 'Do Christian Schools Make Students More Religious?'
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
From Christianity Today: Parents deciding between religious and public schooling face many unknowns. One of the most important factors is how the schools might affect the faith of their children. Yet for all the debates over education, we know little about the effectiveness of Christian education on the spiritual lives of students. Students at religious [...]
Tags: education, News, spiritualformation, surveys, youth, z00003
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Presenter Previews: Marva Dawn at Symposium 2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Among over 70 presenters at this year’s Calvin Symposium on Worship will be Marva Dawn, theologian, educator, teaching fellow in spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, and author of many books on worship and spirituality. She spoke at the 2002 January Series at Calvin College. She will preach in evening worship and lead [...]
Tags: prespreviews09, spiritualformation
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Presenter Previews: Mark Yaconelli at Symposium 2009
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Among over 70 presenters at this year’s Calvin Symposium on Worship will be Mark Yaconelli, director of the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and author of Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus. Yaconelli will be leading a daylong seminar on Thursday on ‘Youth, Worship, and the Seven-Second Attention [...]
Tags: ministry, prespreviews09, spiritualformation, sympos09, youth
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