May 22, 2012 | Examen, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Exposure, Outdoor Leadership Training Tips (Blog Series), Solitude, Spiritual Formation, Streams, Wilderness Core Knowledge
Why be so concerned about the dried-up streams when the rivers of living water are so available? (Francois Fenelon, Let Go) He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful....
Apr 25, 2012 | Abandonment, Community, Discipleship, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Solitude, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Bible Studies
Abandonment is Critical to Spiritual Formation & the Wilderness Provides Tremendous Space to Embrace It In my earlier post, It’s not “If”, but “When” to Abandon Ship | A Reflection on Abandonment, we took an honest look at the irony...
Apr 25, 2012 | Abandonment, Discipleship, Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Solitude, Spiritual Formation, Wilderness Bible Studies
Abandonment. Is it good or bad? Or both? Abandonment can be good or bad. It can be courageous or despicable. It can be right or wrong. Abandonment is a bad thing if we abandon someone in his or her time of need, or if we abandon a project before completing it. Yet on...