Reflections on STORY: Part 2 – John Ortberg

I’ve been teaching from John Ortberg’s book The Life You’ve Always Wanted for several years. I use it in complement to Gary Thomas’ book The Glorious Pursuit. Between the two of them, I have created an introduction course to Christian spiritual disciplines where our success is measured not by the length of our devotional time but by growth in the practice of the virtues demonstrated in...

What Does Your Well Speak?

Wow, was it the weekend of virtue-less acting out, or what?! I assume Serenity will take up Taylor’s defense soon, so I’ll leave Kanye’s lashing to her. I enjoy a strong illustration when it comes to the value of living a virtuous life, though, and Serena Williams’ temper fit this weekend was a perfect counterpoint.  I was still debating whether to bring up the affair at all, despite the...

To Simplify

I have a brave new haircut. I don’t necessarily love it, but it works well for me right now. I keep begging hair people, “Isn’t there a way for me to like my hair but NOT spend the rest of my life with a flat iron in my hand?” No one has really answered that yet. Still, I’m enjoying the change. Thinking of all the time I’m saving is pretty sweet, too. With the extra time I’d...

For the Love of a Rock Tumbler

I’ve been thinking that I need a splashy new masthead here. I’m picturing something a little retro (aqua blue is in my head) with sparkle symbols around the words: RARE ROCKS – Felicity’s Blog for Intentional Spiritual Formation (Guaranteed Gem Quality!). Now all I need is a graphic/web designer who works pro bono for a good cause – mine! : ) As I’m dreaming up this new blog...

Living Your Story

Did you read all the great Seven Word Wisdom comments for graduates below? Here’s a funny thing, so many of you wrote something about “dreams” or another form of destiny chasing. Do you actually do this or is that just something we say to other people? (This is the question I’m asking myself a lot lately.) I recently earned a copy of Donald Miller’s short DVD “Let Story Guide...