Measuring spiritual formation is notoriously difficult, but this article lays out some ideas for how to proceed.
Ole Hallesby explains how we often make prayer harder than it has to be.
Kathleen Norris explains Evagrius Ponticus's definition of the worst temptation of a monk - and the modern Western Christian
Four principles for scaling spiritual formation to reach an entire congregation, denomination or mission agency.
A practical method to integrate the spiritual disciplines into your life.
Spiritual growth must have a clear means, or there is no way to move towards it.
Spiritual growth must have a goal or risk lurching in random directions. I like Glen Scorgie's model of spiritual growth as relational, transformational, and vocational growth.
The Magpie 