by Alan Fadling | Mar 28, 2018 | Resources, Spiritual Formation
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading and loving a new biography written by my friend, Gary Moon, of the Dallas Willard Center at Westmont College. The title is Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower. What a...
by Alan Fadling | Mar 5, 2018 | Podcast, Resources
In this mini-sode, we want to share eight simple ways for blessing others. These are actually drawn from a resource we produced a year ago, called “Take Five: 17 Simple Ways to Serve Others.” That was before we launched this podcast, so I wanted to share...
by Alan Fadling | Nov 29, 2017 | Resources, Spiritual Formation
Many of you know that Gem and I have come to find ourselves at home in the Anglican church over the last few years. One of the gifts we’ve enjoyed in this tradition is its attention to the annual rhythms of the church calendar. This Sunday is the beginning of Advent....
by Alan Fadling | Jul 24, 2017 | Podcast, Resources
In this podcast, I’ll share a little personal story about my own daily engagement with scripture in my spiritual journey. I want to talk a bit about unhurried ways I’ve been seeking to come to the Bible in recent years. Last Spring, about 15 months ago, I began...
by Alan Fadling | Jul 19, 2017 | Prayer, Resources, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Practices
I’m sitting here in my room at the Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, CA on a cool and beautiful Tuesday morning. Gem and I are here for our monthly solitude retreat. I’ve enjoyed hundreds of days like this over the last 27 years. It’s a life-giving rhythm that we...
by Alan Fadling | Jun 21, 2017 | Resources
At the beginning of 2014, shortly after receiving news that An Unhurried Life had received a Christianity Today Book Award of Merit in Spirituality, I started the process of drafting a sequel. Yesterday, An Unhurried Leader finally released. That’s a gestation period...