Category: Growing Deeper

Resources for cultivating a life-long journey of a deeply personal relationship with God and more meaningful relationships with others. Rooted deeply in a paradigm of love and acceptance, you continue in your unique Spirit-inspired spiritual / faith journey. Employing the insights of ancient and contemporary thinkers, poets, prophets and sages, you are provided with tools to develop your own unique relationship with God in a way that encourages healthy faith in the day to day of real life. Discovering abundant life and meaning which is consistent with who you were created to be.

What is Spiritual Direction?

Posted on by Michael Rose
Spiritual direction is an ancient practice where an individual seeks guidance and support in their spiritual journey from a qualified and experienced spiritual director. “Director” is kind of a misnomer. It’s more like spiritual companionship or a “soul friend.” It involves a safe one-on-one relationship with a spiritual companion who offers a compassionate presence and listens attentively as the individual shares their spiritual journey.
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Demons, Trauma and Bad Stories

Posted on by Michael Rose
Demons? I suppose in the context of this story, folks in a specific place and time, who knew little about various illnesses, physical and especially mental illness and trauma. Demons could have been the only tool in their toolbox to explain certain behaviours of a person who is really struggling.
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Faith of the Everyday

Posted on by Michael Rose
Once upon a time, there were two carpenters; framers to be precise. Each day they would arrive at the building site to pound nails, erect walls. The first, a glum man, was asked what he was doing. “I hammer nails,” he replied, looking sour. “Every day, hammer nails and more nails. Day in, day out,…
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The Heart is Deceitful? Not so Fast

Posted on by Michael Rose
The scriptures speak from many voices with different experiences and different contexts.  So we need to be careful when we build a cornerstone of our theological worldview on a single verse.  One such example is Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Is the heart deceitful?…
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The Crazy Father

Posted on by Michael Rose
A father had two sons, and one of his sons came to him and said, “Dad, I have been thinking it’s time for me to leave and find myself. I need to figure out who I am and make my fortune, my own way in the world. So, I would like you to give me…
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‘Been There’, “Done That’ from a little further along the Way

Posted on by Michael Rose
Continuing my journey from deconstruction to reconstruction, it’s interesting to recognize how I seem to have come full circle on things like giving, leadership, structures, scriptures, and mission… But this time from a different vantage point, recognizing that the “issue” wasn’t the issue per se, but rather the culturally-inherited and significant misunderstanding/misapplications of Love resulting…
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