Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

spiritual disciplines

  • The season of Lent is famous for its patterns of giving things up. But the purpose of observing Lent is about opening our minds and hearts.

  • Of all the spiritual disciplines, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that this one is the most important: the discipline of breaking a fast. The foundation of the word discipline is in speaking of common order–and one’s relationship to order. When we speak of the church’s laws and principles, we refer to the “doctrine and discipline”…