How to Navigate Transitions

As Ruth Haley Barton says, something is amazing about how silence allows the sediment of our souls to settle down and reveal the prayers we really want to pray.

Calling Discernment, Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannJanuary 30, 2019transitionComment

New Year, New You

Happy New Year!

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannJanuary 9, 2019new year new you, happy new yearComment

Advent - God is our Hope

When we feel overwhelmed we can quit and pretend like everything is okay, or we and endure the tension and wait for God’s redeeming hope.

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannDecember 12, 2018advent, Hope, Beginners guide to adventComment

A Beginner's Guide to Advent

A Beginner’s Guide to Celebrating Advent: Advent is a season of transformation and waiting, a season of anticipation; that someday our hope will be fulfilled.

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannNovember 28, 2018advent, how to advent, what is advent, christmasComment

The Unexamined Life

If your theology excludes people from the table, from love, from connecting with self, others, or God, it is not good theology.

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannNovember 14, 2018

Why We Need Thoughts and Prayers

Why our faith must have thoughts and prayers in the midst of tragedy.

Hospitality

The essence of hospitality is a heart open to God, with room prepared for the Guestness of the Holy Spirit, that welcomes the presence of Christ. This is what we share with those to whom we open our doors. We give them Christ. - Karen Burton Mains

Silence and Solitude

Our fast-paced lives are filled with distractions, frequently leaving us disillusioned and dissatisfied -with ourselves, with others, and even with God. Spiritual practices that used to sustain us fall short when life circumstances bring us to the limits of our self. - Phileena Heuertz

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannNovember 2, 2018silence, solitude, noise, distraction, sound

Lectio Divina

“The world is teeming with presence if we learn to slow down and listen” - Dominic Partida

The Prayer of Examen

The prayer of examen invites us to pause, reflect, pray, and discern. If you want to grow in your awareness of God’s voice and activity in your life, practice the Prayer of Examen.

Breath Prayer

“Breath prayer became a lifeline that tethered me to God in the darkest moments and reminded me that God is with me. God is with them. God is with all of us”. - Amanda Hansen

What is a prayer labyrinth and how can it help my faith?

Sometimes the hole we feel in our heart is meant to be walked through, not filled. What will you discover as you journey to the center of your heart?

Spiritual Formation, Calling DiscernmentAJ ZimmermannOctober 3, 2018labyrinth, prayer, discernment

God Who Sees Me

Spiritual FormationAJ ZimmermannOctober 1, 2018hagar, theology, theology of women, women in the bible, women in ministry, bible

How the Sabbath saved me in college.

“I never realized it, but I was a person who was equating busyness with faithfulness, and that is never the case.” Hear from my friend, Josh, and his journey with the Sabbath.