by ParticularlyCALLED | Aug 5, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Personal Growth
The ability to make sacrifices in service of a greater good is the hallmark of maturity. – Jordan Peterson Despite the horrors and negative connotations connected with its name, all mortification means is simply that one chooses what is right over how they...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jul 26, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth
The word mortification is a terrifying one. It literally comes from the Latin mortificare that means “to put to death”, specifically, in traditional understanding, “the desires of the flesh”. It was considered essential for salvation back in...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jun 1, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Personal Growth
I was talking to a friend the other day. “What should I do if I just feel blah about God?”, she asked, “I’m just not growing any more – not motivated, not changing – it’s tempting to just give up on God’s even being real at all. Where is the excitement, the...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 25, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Spiritual Growth
Sources of Grace – Christian Life of Grace Series Continued… In my last post in this series we talked about what Grace really is (and how it has been distorted), and that while it is all around us, much like oxygen, we still need to tap into it ever more...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Mar 31, 2022 | Personal Growth, Seasonal Reflections, Spiritual Growth
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, “the foregoing of food” (literally: “to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance” (Oxford Languages)? But ever...
