The Stanfields
  • Updates
  • Who We Are
  • Media
  • Donate
  • She Writes
  • Updates
  • Who We Are
  • Media
  • Donate
  • She Writes





​​



She Writes.

Spiritual Disciplines: Are Yours Built on a Faulty Foundation? (Pt. 1)

11/8/2018

 
Written by Tonya Stanfield, this is Part 1 of our 4 part series, “Christian Practices that Transform” exploring different contemplative practices and how they deepen your spiritual foundation.
(Originally written for the Centre for Christian Formation and Discipleship.)
Picture
“If you do not fall in love with God, spiritual disciplines will become legalism.”
-Dallas Willard

Through tears of shame, a ministry worker confessed to me: “I hate reading my Bible.” Staring at the ground, she painfully explained the vicious cycle:
1. She feels guilty for not wanting to read her Bible.
2. She finally reads her Bible to relieve the guilt.
3. She feels even more guilty because she doesn’t get anything out of it.
4. Rinse and Repeat.

Read More

    Tonya...

    also has a teaching, writing, and speaking ministry. Her heart is to raise, deepen, and challenge disciples of Jesus.  She's part of the Center for Christian Formation and Discipleship and lectures at both a Masters and Undergraduate level for YWAM's University of the Nations. She's also training to be a spiritual director and is an enneagram coach. We thought you might enjoy some of her blogs...

    Archives

    June 2021
    September 2020
    May 2020
    July 2019
    March 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly