New from the Faith Practices Project

This month we released resources for practicing listening as part of the Faith Practices Project—a year-long dive into twelve life-giving spiritual disciplines. Find highlighted posts and resources below, or explore our webpage for more ideas for practicing listening individually, with a group, or at home. We’ll release new resource sets on other practices monthly, so check back often on the project landing page.

Training Ourselves to Listen Well

“God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason. You were meant to listen twice as much as you speak.”

I forget now who first admonished me with this bodily wisdom; it may have been a teacher, my dad, or some speaker at a youth gathering. I do recall joking about it with friends. It sounded a bit simplistic. But the phrasing found its way into my own conversations over time. My floundering applications aside, I’ve been discovering how listening serves as a central faith practice, teaching us to be more attentive to the Spirit than to our own agendas and priorities.

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The Difficult Spiritual Discipline of Listening

These days it feels to me like everyone is packing a giant flyswatter, ready and eager to verbally whap those with whom they disagree. This is true across the theological and political spectrum. We see it daily on our Facebook and Twitter feeds. We hear it on news programs and talk shows. And we even experience it in the body of Christ.

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A Solemn Good Friday Prayer During the Covid-19 Pandemic

When we don't have words to pray, communal litanies can give voice to our hearts' sorrows and petitions. This Good Friday prayer is written to bring our burdens and concerns to God in a pandemic context

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New! Pentecost Resource for Families

New resource from Dwell at Home! God’s Big Pentecost Story provides families with a simple, meaningful (and fun!) way to celebrate Pentecost at home. Plus, it’s free to download!

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Naming the Crazy and Forging Ahead in Family Faith Formation

“At that moment, my world was crazy: parenting four kids (three teenage boys and a 10-year-old girl—need I say more?), some heavy changes in my business ownership, the American political scene, and all of that in the middle of a pandemic. The idea of naming the crazy and then naming a way forward definitely caught my attention.”

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See You at the Summit!

Members of our FFM team are presenting at the combined Children's Spirituality Summit and Intergenerate virtual conference in May, and we’d love to see you there! Register for the super-affordable event. (Church teams of six can attend for $150!)

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