spiritual formation Archives - Page 2 of 6 - Michael Rose :: Spiritual Direction & Grief Support

Sanitized for your Convenience?

Posted on December 15, 2018December 23, 2020 by Michael Rose

I don’t know why but for some reason I have this hangover from my early religious training – that God abhors a mess. There was a season many years ago that I can remember teaching that the Father actually turned His face away from Jesus on the cross because Jesus was becoming sin (on our…

Breathe: Meditation

Posted on August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 by Michael Rose

Meditation is becoming more and more popular with people. Where once it was relegated to the monks that inhabited the mountains of Tibet, or the hippy flower children, the benefits of meditation are being experienced by more and more people.

Trash Talk with Scripture

Posted on January 15, 2018March 14, 2018 by Michael Rose

In my quiet time this morning I was reading a piece of scripture for the New Testament. I found myself lingering around Jesus’ temptation in the desert in Matthew 4. 5Then the Slanderer carries him off into the Holy City, and stood him upon the pinnacle of the Temple, 6And says to him, “If you…

Love is… Indiscriminate

Posted on July 17, 2017January 23, 2018 by Michael Rose

Consider a rose. Can a rose choose who it will share its breath-taking beauty with? Can it withhold its captivating fragrance from bad people and share liberally with good people? The sun shines, and the rain falls on the saints and the sinners alike. Authentic love does not discriminate, like the beauty and fragrance of…

The Radical Middle. Healthy Faith in a World of Extremes

Posted on November 22, 2016October 25, 2019 by Michael Rose

Driving the backroads of rural Alberta can be an adventure into some of the most lovely country in the world. There is a unique beauty of the Alberta prairie. Driving the gravel roads can be a bit of a trick as different stretches of the road can be different than others – washboards, deeply rutted,…

Spirituality and the Sense of Smell

Posted on October 25, 2016October 28, 2016 by Michael Rose

Last Sunday afternoon, my family and I took a walk in a park along the Old Man River in Southern Alberta. The gusty west winds had done their job relieving the old Poplar trees of their leaves. The gusty wind was shifting, and swirling the fallen leaves on the ground. With each step, the crunch of…

The Welcome of God

Posted on May 31, 2016September 2, 2016 by Michael Rose

Can you think of a time when you were made to feel really welcome? Where the host(s) went out of their way to ensure that you felt comfortable and well served? What did that look like? How did that make you feel? What difference did this make for you? How about in a situation where…

Square Peg in a Round Hole World

Posted on April 19, 2016November 23, 2022 by Michael Rose

David Hayward, aka as the Naked Pastor posted a cartoon recently (see above). This cartoon spoke to me, and I am beginning to understand why I resonate with it, and it is for deeply personal reasons. Confession time. I feel like a square peg, and I have all my life. For most of my…

Renewing of our Minds: 8 Deadly Thoughts

Posted on February 27, 2016June 23, 2016 by Michael Rose

The Apostle Paul, writing to the church in Rome and encourages them in a new way of living – the way of love. To do so, Paul suggests we need to renew of our mind by embracing Kingdom values, specifically love, and no longer conforming to the patterns of the world. This renewing of our…

Spiritual Journey Series – Interior Castle 3

Posted on February 16, 2016June 23, 2016 by Michael Rose

This seven-part series explores St. Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. This is not a program to be worked but as we explore each facet in a general sense, we will gain a deeper perspective of the journey and where we may be at any giving time. The spiritual journey requires effort and deliberateness as much as…

Tag: spiritual formation

Sanitized for your Convenience?

Breathe: Meditation

Trash Talk with Scripture

Love is… Indiscriminate

The Radical Middle. Healthy Faith in a World of Extremes

Spirituality and the Sense of Smell

The Welcome of God

Square Peg in a Round Hole World

Renewing of our Minds: 8 Deadly Thoughts

Spiritual Journey Series – Interior Castle 3

Becoming Human Again

What We Were Never Meant to Wash Away

What Love Does With What Is Broken

The Coals Ain't Cold

When the Cosmos Becomes Aware