Category Archives: Quotes

Augustine’s Holy Spirit Prayer

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Jason

Augustine (354-430) wrote this beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, That my thoughts may all be holy, Act in me, O Holy Spirit, That my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O … Continue reading →

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Developing Healthy Boundaries: The Principle of Respect, Part 3

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Jason

The boundary problem of compliance Compliance is when we don’t respect ourselves enough to maintain healthy boundaries. Compliant people have “fuzzy” boundaries. Their “yes” and their “no” doesn’t really mean anything. An example of this is the person who claims … Continue reading →

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Developing Healthy Boundaries: The Principle of Reaping, Part 3

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Jason

So here’s an example of what this looks like. Or, rather, what this sounds like: This gives some good examples of language that reflects healthy boundaries. I especially want to highlight two of these: I will end this phone call … Continue reading →

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Developing Healthy Boundaries: The Principle of Reaping, Part 2

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Jason

The language of sowing and reaping comes from the world of agriculture. It’s about cause and effect: the seeds you plant lead directly to the harvest you’ll gather. This proverb is about the natural consequences of our actions. And you … Continue reading →

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Developing Healthy Boundaries: The Principle of Responsibility, Part 1

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Jason

Last week, we kicked off a new series entitled Boundaries: Setting Healthy Limits. The aim of this series is to help us establish godly boundaries for our lives, primarily in our relationships. This is predicated on the idea that clear … Continue reading →

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Humility as Seeing the True Self

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Jason

I came across this yesterday in The Cloud of Unknowing, a 14th century spiritual classic. Humility is seeing yourself as you really are. Pride is a facet of the false self. It is to see yourself falsely. In our pride, … Continue reading →

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A Violent Kingdom

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Jason

Francois Fenelon was a French Catholic theologian and writer who lived in the late 1600s. He had quite a career, serving as a priest, a missionary, and as a tutor to the grandson of King Louis XIV. His spiritual writings … Continue reading →

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How We Grow: Rest

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Jason

I was talking with someone last week and I was saying to her that our final spiritual discipline in this series was rest. And she said, “OK, rest is right in my wheelhouse! I know how to do that one!” … Continue reading →

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How We Grow: Training, Not Trying

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Jason

To some people, the word “discipline” can be a bit off-putting. It can sound harsh, a bit demanding. Even worse than that, talking about spiritual disciplines has the potential to induce a lot of guilt. Most Christians already feel like … Continue reading →

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How We Grow: Silence

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Jason

Miguel de Molinos was a Spanish thinker and writer in the 1600s. He wrote about three kinds of silence: the silence of words, the silence of desires, and the silence of thoughts. These silences are unique and yet they are … Continue reading →

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