'discipleship' Tagged Posts
The Evangelical Covenant Church and the Bible
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), the denomination to which Malmo belongs, every so often publishes “teaching documents” for its churches to “provide context and clarity for Covenant churches on critical issues of concern in matters of faith, doctrine and conduct.” These resource papers are approved by the ECC Annual Meeting, our highest denominational authority, and are a helpful guide to understand how the ECC generally approaches scripture. The Evangelical Covenant Church believes that the “the Holy Scripture, the Old and…
Tractor Spirituality: connecting with God in the cab and in the kitchen.
The season has begun where a number of you will be spending a good many hours in seeders and trucks. Some of you always do that, no matter what the season. Below are some things you can do to connect with God and your faith in your tractor/truck as the seeding season unfolds. This could also be helpful to those of you who spend much of your time at home or even working a 9-5 job. Begin your work day…
Paying Attention
“Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.“ – Mary Oliver, from her poem “Sometimes” Lent is already a couple of weeks underway, but I’m going to suggest something for you to do during this season. I’m not going to suggest you give something up, though if you have, by all means carry on with it. But I want to suggest something to take up, something which will hopefully carry on through the rest of your life: pay attention.…
Inviting God into your day (simple morning prayer)
It’s the time of year where many of us have committed to improving something in our lives or to develop better habits. Some of those commitments are large and some of them have been broken already! Here’s a suggestion for a simple habit to develop: first thing in the morning, before you do or say anything else, invite God into your day. This can be a short prayer you say as you sit on the edge of your bed, bedhead,…
Tractor Spirituality: Listen to a Podcast
Tractor Spirituality: spiritual practices for the seeder, the combine, the road, the shop, and the home. Practice: listen to a podcast. One thing you can do as part of your journey of discipleship is something you might call a practice of “guided listening.” That’s a fancy word for listening to a podcast, something you can do in the combine, on the road, in the shop, over lunch, or in bed. Podcasts can encourage, grow, and inspire your faith. There’s a…