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The present-day operation of all spiritual gifts and the experiential dimension of the Holy Spirit.
Key question: “How is the Holy Spirit actively manifesting His power and gifts in the church today?”
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As we dive into the heart of *The Chosen*, I want you to picture the dusty streets of Capernaum, where the air is thick with anticipation. The sun casts long shadows as a crowd gathers, restless with hope and desperation....
In the writings of Teresa of Avila, the soul journeys through interior rooms toward union with God. But what she describes in the sixth mansion...
In deep winter, a river does not cease flowing simply because ice has sealed its surface. Beneath the frozen crust, water moves — dark, unseen,...
In the winter of 1941, Thomas Merton drove through the Kentucky hills toward the Abbey of Gethsemani, his hands trembling on the steering wheel. He...
Picture a sun-drenched hillside in California during the vibrant days of the Jesus People movement in the late 1960s. The air is thick with the scent of wildflowers mingling with the earthy aroma of the ground beneath countless feet. Young...
Imagine a dimly lit room, the air thick with anticipation and the faint murmur of prayer rising like incense. It’s the late 1960s, and a group of young people—long-haired, barefoot, and filled with a fiery spirit—gathered in a small church...
In her masterwork *The Interior Castle*, Teresa of Avila describes a season when prayer itself seems to dissolve. The words stop coming. The feelings of...
In the summer of 1970, a vibrant wave of faith swept across California, where Jesus People gathered not just in churches but on sun-soaked beaches, under the sprawling oak trees of parks, and in the cozy corners of coffee houses....
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment when every thought has been released and every word has fallen away. You sit in...
In the heart of the Jesus People movement, I think of a young woman named Sarah. Burdened by anxiety, she felt the weight of the world pressing down on her shoulders. Her family was fractured, her friendships strained, and the...
In the film *War Room*, we meet Elizabeth, a devoted wife and mother whose heart is heavy with the burden of her failing marriage. As she navigates the tumultuous waters of conflict at home, she finds herself seeking refuge in...
In the desert tradition, the abbas and ammas spoke of a monk who spent thirty years in solitary prayer. When a visitor finally sought him...
In the monastery chapel at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described a moment during night vigils when the wind howled against the Kentucky hills, rattling windows...
There is a moment in centering prayer when the mind finally stops reaching. The sacred word dissolves. The breath slows. And in that vast interior...
In the show *The Chosen*, we witness moments brimming with both power and profound compassion. Picture the scene where Jesus encounters a blind man named Bartimaeus. The dusty streets of Jericho are filled with the hustle and bustle of life....
In a Trappist monastery in Kentucky, a brother spent twenty years in the silence. Each morning before dawn, he sat in centering prayer, releasing every...
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment every practitioner dreads — the moment when the sacred word dissolves and you are left...
In her autobiography, Teresa of Avila describes the soul's interior castle — room after room leading deeper toward the center where God dwells. Most of...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described a moment during night prayer when a violent thunderstorm shook the abbey walls. The windows rattled,...
In the monastery chapel at three in the morning, a single candle burns. The wind pushes through cracks in the old stone walls, and the...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton described a moment when his carefully constructed spiritual identity simply fell away. He had spent years building what...
When Jesus spoke, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you," He was not offering a concept to be grasped but a...
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment Thomas Merton called "the point of nothingness" — when the sacred word dissolves, when thoughts...
In the monastery at Avila, Teresa once described the interior castle as having rooms the soul must enter without knowing what lies ahead. The deepest...