http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/ About this Blog Encouragement and musings from Howard Baker. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:22:21 GMT en-us Copyright 2012 Denver Seminary http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/easter-week-encouragement/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/easter-week-encouragement/ Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:41:19 GMT It is still the season of the Resurrection so let the victory celebration continue. I can think of no better words to help us than those from the Easter Sermon of John Chrysostom (344-407), Bishop of Constantinople and a Doctor of the ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/holy-week-i-thirst-for-you/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/holy-week-i-thirst-for-you/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:03:14 GMT Remembering the words of Jesus from the cross, “I thirst.” I Thirst for You I am the vessel.The draught is God's.And God is the thirsty one.- Dag Hammarskjöld I know you through and through—I know everything about ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/fourth-week-of-lent-2010/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/fourth-week-of-lent-2010/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:45 GMT Challenging and heartening words from Larry Crabb’s new book: The Book of Habakkuk God says, never ignore your struggle with how I do things. Ask every question that rises in your heart as you live in this world. But prepare yourself to ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-lent-askesis/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-lent-askesis/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:46:50 GMT Now that we are in the second week of both Lent and the Olympics, it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the concept of askesis. The Christian spiritual tradition has taken this concept from the physical realm of exercise and training and ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/first-week-of-lent-facts-about-lent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/first-week-of-lent-facts-about-lent/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:16:05 GMT The history of the observation of a period of fasting, repentance, and preparation prior to the celebration of the resurrection is much older than the history of the celebration of Christmas. In the late 2nd century, Irenaus of Lyons wrote of ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/week-before-lent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/week-before-lent/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57:22 GMT God did not bring you into the world because He had any need of you...but solely that He might sho forth His Goodness in you, giving you His Grace and Glory. And to this end He gave you understanding that yo might know Him, memory that you might ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spiritual-formation-and-world-impact/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spiritual-formation-and-world-impact/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:55:05 GMT “Christians are called to oppose the world. But how, in this case, can that be done? Credible opposition to secular ideologies can be shown by speaking and writing, but credible opposition to unholiness can only be shown by holy living ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-belated-mlk-remembrance/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-belated-mlk-remembrance/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:53:00 GMT In a sermon entitled “Our God is Able”, Martin Luther King tells a very personal story of how an intimate encounter with God sustained him in the darkest hour of his fight for freedom and equality: Almost immediately after the ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/fourth-week-of-advent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/fourth-week-of-advent/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:56:03 GMT Silent Night, by Stanley Weintraub, is the story of Christmas Eve, 1914, on the World War I battlefield in Flanders. As the German, British, and French troops facing each other were settling in for the night, a young German soldier began to sing ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-poem-for-advent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-poem-for-advent/ Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:27:02 GMT Come now where we least expect you, Christ our hope and longing, come. Show us where we still reject you in the world you made your home. Look around! Christ is found far beyond our sacred ground.   Come where we have tried to own you ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-few-remarkable-statements/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-few-remarkable-statements/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:33:25 GMT A few remarkable statements and statistics from the first chapters of Mark Noll's The New Shape of World Christianity compiled by Skye Jethani, Out of Ur Newletter, October 2, 2009: Today there are more missionaries from Brazil engaged in ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/distraction-and-busy-ness/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/distraction-and-busy-ness/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:26:54 GMT "In a society in which entertainment and distraction are such important preoccupations, ministers are also tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy. It is easy to perceive the young and the ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/more-wisdom-from-pastor-peter-scazzeros-presentation-at-the-spiritual-life-conference/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/more-wisdom-from-pastor-peter-scazzeros-presentation-at-the-spiritual-life-conference/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:15:07 GMT 10 Lessons Learned the Hard Way from 20 Years of Pastoring         1.      Be Yourself            &nbs... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/quotes-from-pastor-peter-scazzeros-presentation-at-the-spiritual-life-conference/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/quotes-from-pastor-peter-scazzeros-presentation-at-the-spiritual-life-conference/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:17:06 GMT It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. The Blessings and Sins of Our Families Have Impact Lasting for at Least Three to Four Generations...Discipleship is the Process of Putting Off the Sinful Patterns ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-couple-of-reminders/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-couple-of-reminders/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:29:58 GMT First, please know that you have the freedom to drop in for a visit anytime I am in my office or you can make an appointment by emailing me at howard.baker@denverseminary.edu Second, thanks to the Student Council the daily 10 minute ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/christ-has-no-body-now-but-yours/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/christ-has-no-body-now-but-yours/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:38:34 GMT Words of Oscar Romero and Teresa of Avila Christ has no Body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion On the world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/an-end-of-the-semester-benediction/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/an-end-of-the-semester-benediction/ Thu, 14 May 2009 15:19:38 GMT Go now, beloved brothers and sisters, aflame with what you know to do: Love! Do not keep silent. Do not keep quiet, until righteousness goes forth like brightness and salvation is a torch burning. Until all nations see your righteousness, and ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-reckless-raging-fury-that-they-call-the-love-of-god/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-reckless-raging-fury-that-they-call-the-love-of-god/ Tue, 12 May 2009 21:32:48 GMT Recognizing the “reckless raging fury that they call the love of God” in the face of Jesus proved to be decisive in my life and the single most powerful source of spiritual, mental, and psychological change in my ego-driven and ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/perspective/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/perspective/ Thu, 07 May 2009 16:41:19 GMT Whether you are about to graduate or simply entering your first round of graduate school final exams...perspective is needed. The story of Peter and John in Acts 3-4 offers not only perspective, but hope, challenge, and inspiration. The power ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:38:12 GMT As we are faced with many demands, challenges, assignments, and responsibilities we are tempted to worry anxiously rather than work faithfully, to panic rather than pray, to self-pity rather than self-surrender. Eugene Peterson's comments on ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-gospel-and-jazz/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-gospel-and-jazz/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:39:26 GMT That there are profound connections between the Gospel and jazz music was first brought to my attention by Dr. Doug Groothuis who is a lover of both. Last month I was thrilled to see those connections "performed" through the passionate words ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/thoughts-on-spiritual-disciplines-or-practices/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/thoughts-on-spiritual-disciplines-or-practices/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:47:41 GMT Walter Trobisch, Martin Luther's Quiet Time"It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business in the morning and the last business in the evening.  (p. 15) William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life"And if you will here ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/revolutionary-thinking/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/revolutionary-thinking/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:41:57 GMT But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.  (Romans 8:11) Until the love of God that ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-resurrection-poem/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-resurrection-poem/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:58:41 GMT I Praise You for this Resurrection Madness Ted Loder Lord of such amazing surprises      as put a catch in my breath            and wings on my ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/going-all-the-way/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/going-all-the-way/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:13:19 GMT Thanks to board member Patty Wolf for passing this along: Going all the Way Every year at this time, we have the opportunity to "go all the way" in reliving the events of Jesus' last days here on this earth. Like the first disciples we ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/palm-sunday/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/palm-sunday/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:21:46 GMT As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes...because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/stations-of-the-cross/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/stations-of-the-cross/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:05 GMT During Holy Week take a few minutes to walk through and meditate on the journey that Jesus took to the cross for us. The art and scriptures will be on display in the Vernon Grounds Reading Room of the library beginning Monday evening. The ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spring-break--the-easy-discipline-of-celebration/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spring-break--the-easy-discipline-of-celebration/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:41:17 GMT The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love,He will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17) "Applause, everyone.  Bravo, bravissimo!  Shout ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/forgiveness/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/forgiveness/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:47:04 GMT We all have wounds. We all live in pain and disappointment. We all have feelings of loneliness that lurk beneath all our successes, feelings of uselessness that hide under all the praise, feelings of meaninglessness even when people say we ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/joy-in-tribulation/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/joy-in-tribulation/ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:19:14 GMT Julian of Norwich's 14th century world was torn by the Black Plague, assassinations of public officials, incredible violence, war, and social unrest. Understandably, there was a climate of fear and a questioning of God's love and mercy. In ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-voice-of-the-ancients/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-voice-of-the-ancients/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:31:09 GMT In times such as these when political, cultural, and economic forecasts are obsolete by the time they are printed, where do we find lasting perspective? For me, it requires leap-frogging postmodern and modern voices in order to hear the wisdom ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/what-made-gregory-great/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/what-made-gregory-great/ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:00:24 GMT Assignments, work, family responsibilities, household duties, and ministry involvement are all challenges to our desire to maintain a life of prayer. The active life seems to crowd out the contemplative life for most of us. Gregory the Great ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/leadership/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/leadership/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:06:33 GMT At this momentous time in the life of Denver Seminary I find these reflections from a former president of another seminary particularly timely for all of us. We are each leaders in some capacity and in some circle and are called to follow ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/lent-and-the-wilderness/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/lent-and-the-wilderness/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:47:00 GMT From Harry Williams, True Wilderness, p.29: Lent is supposed to be the time when we think of Jesus in the wilderness. And the wilderness belongs to us. It is always lurking somewhere as part of our experience, and there are times when it ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/preparing-for-ash-wednesday/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/preparing-for-ash-wednesday/ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:33:46 GMT Ash Wednesday, the day of the personal ashes, the first of the forty days of Lent:  like a deep bell tolling, this word defines the day and starts the season and bids me begin my devotional journey: Memento!  "Remember!" Ancient ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/lent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/lent/ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:57:01 GMT In many cultures there is an ancient custom of giving a tenth of each year's income to some holy use. For Christians, to observe the 40 days of Lent is to do the same thing with roughly a tenth of each year's days. After being baptized by ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/divine-hours/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/divine-hours/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:24:12 GMT "Two things have from the beginning been the necessary form and mystery of Christian spirituality. Two things, even before the closing events of resurrection, ascension, and commission, wove disparate and often renegade believers into an ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-reflection-for-black-history-month/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-reflection-for-black-history-month/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:45:42 GMT A reflection appropriate for our remembrance of Black History Month: In a column for Christianity Today, Philip Yancey writes:As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/prayer-and-the-mysteries-of-christ/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/prayer-and-the-mysteries-of-christ/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:32:56 GMT [The mysteries of Christ] can be realized only when prayer becomes our supreme concern, our main preoccupation, which outweighs all other cares; our duty, which challenges all other duties; our pleasure, which surpasses every other pleasure. ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-feast-of-the-presentation-of-our-lord-in-the-temple/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-feast-of-the-presentation-of-our-lord-in-the-temple/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:26:37 GMT Frank Laubach (1884-1970) was an evangelical missionary and mystic known as the "Apostle to the Illiterates."  His commitment to live in constant conscious communion with the Father not only transformed him personally but also enabled ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/welcome/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/welcome/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:30:45 GMT A hearty "welcome" to each of you new students and a happy "welcome back" to each returning student! I pray these inviting words from Jesus will set the tone for the semester for all of us: Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-new-semester-to-thrive/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-new-semester-to-thrive/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:40:34 GMT The book of Ecclesiastes may be the most helpful canonical voice "for such a time as this" in the United States. The humpty-dumpty tensions that we feel may tear us apart can actually, in the gracious mystery of God's presence, put us back ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/third-week-of-advent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/third-week-of-advent/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:39:15 GMT From Charles Wesley on the true meaning of Advent: Thou hidden source of calm repose,Thou all sufficient love divineMy help and refuge from my foesSecure I am while thou art mineAnd lo! from sin, and grief, and shameI hide me Jesus in Thy ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-advent-part-2/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-advent-part-2/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:43:33 GMT A reflection for the second week of Advent suggested by Dr. MacFarland based on Luke 2:1-20: The Christmas story is familiar to everyone. Christmas cards and other modern renditions give us glimpses of flawless Mary in pristine ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-advent/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/second-week-of-advent/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:52:56 GMT Jesus comes back into the world when we offer him a dwelling place in our hearts,When we accept him in his law of love, When we do what Mary did and conceive Jesus and carry him in us,So that he is able to become the heart of our life.Then he ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-christian-new-year-part-2/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-christian-new-year-part-2/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:04:08 GMT Happy New Year!  Happy new Christian year that is. Sunday, Nov. 30 marked the beginning of Advent and the beginning of the new church year.   Come now where we least expect you,Christ our hope and longing, come.Show us where ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/advent-the-christian-new-year/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/advent-the-christian-new-year/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:35:48 GMT Happy New Year! Happy new Christian year that is. Sunday, Nov. 30 marked the beginning of Advent and the beginning of the new church year. Here is a reflection from Fr. Richard Rohr from the introduction to his booklet Preparing for Christmas ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-thanksgiving-meditation/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-thanksgiving-meditation/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:51 GMT For if you go poking about the world, intent on keeping the candle of consciousness blazing, you must be ready to give thanks at all times. Discrimination is not allowed. The flame cannot gutter and fail when a cold wind whistles throughout ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-movie-you-may-be-interested-to-see/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-movie-you-may-be-interested-to-see/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:55:08 GMT I received an email from someone telling me about a movie that will be showing at the Starz Denver Film Festival this weekend, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Here is an excerpt from the email I received from the director of the ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/commitment-to-follow-jesus/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/commitment-to-follow-jesus/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:04:15 GMT My friend Ashley Denton travels around the world resourcing, training, and nurturing indigenous youth workers. On a recent trip to Nepal, a land where some 15,000 young girls are sold into prostitution every year, he discovered that, in the ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-for-the-catching-force/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-for-the-catching-force/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:28:49 GMT Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.Flood our souls with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly that our     lives may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through us, ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/place-your-soul/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/place-your-soul/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:24:56 GMT Place your soul before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance! And be transformed in your whole being into the image of the Godhead through contemplation! So ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/foundational-question/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/foundational-question/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:02:59 GMT A fitting word for all of us who seek to think critically, pray fervently, and live theologically: Prayer and theology are inseparable. True theology is the adoration offered by the intellect. The intellect clarifies the movement of prayer, ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/our-citizenship-in-heaven/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/our-citizenship-in-heaven/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:33:01 GMT At long last...the TV ads will cease...the yard signs will come down...the dinner time political phone calls will be no more...the votes will be counted, but will all the sound and fury signify nothing or something? After a season of politics ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/all-saints-day/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/all-saints-day/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:03:32 GMT November 1 is All Saints' Day which has been a feast day in the western Christian church since the 8th century. On that day the church celebrates the life and light of those whose devotion and holiness continue to inspire us in kind. Its ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/dr-tony-campolo-in-chapel/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/dr-tony-campolo-in-chapel/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:28:55 GMT Dr. Tony Campolo will be lecturing in the chapel tomorrow at 11am.  Here are some short quotes to pique your interest:When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/new-creatures/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/new-creatures/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:27:01 GMT "If we are to be in Christ new creatures, we must show that we are so by having new ways of living in the world.  If we are to follow Christ, it must be in our common way of spending every day. ...And if you will  here stop and ask ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/loving-jesus-and-care-for-others/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/loving-jesus-and-care-for-others/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:28:04 GMT Both the example of C.S. Lewis and his words have much to inspire and teach us about the childlike simplicity of loving Jesus and care for others in these complex times: "When The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was first published in 1950, ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/self-discovery/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/self-discovery/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:36:51 GMT "Self-knowledge is so critically important to us in our pursuit of God and His righteousness that we lie under heavy obligation to do immediately whatever is necessary to remove the disguise and permit our real selves to be known. Rules for ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-time-for-waiting/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-time-for-waiting/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:22:39 GMT "We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. ...and it is by this prevenient drawing that God takes from us every vestige of credit for the act of coming." The  Pursuit of ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-student-shares-whats-stirring-in-her/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-student-shares-whats-stirring-in-her/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:32:36 GMT Jackie Soister, a student, shares what the Spirit is stirring in her: Dr. Gordon McDonald called us yesterday at Common Ground to be attentive to our national (and international) economic crisis and its repercussions upon people; then to ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-report-from-a-friend/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-report-from-a-friend/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:12:12 GMT Rebecca Groothuis, a friend and wife of Dr. Doug Groothuis, shared with me her thoughts about Brother Yun's visit last week. I thought I would share them with you. Brother Yun at Denver Seminary, September 23, 2008 It was an amazing evening. ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/inspired-by-brother-yun/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/inspired-by-brother-yun/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:21:15 GMT A few of us were talking after Br. Yun's messages this week and agreed that it appears that the Holy Spirit wants us to respond to the witness that we heard. In this week's Campus News I wrote that this could be "the beginning of a season of ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-leading-of-the-holy-spirit/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/the-leading-of-the-holy-spirit/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:30:33 GMT This past Tuesday evening the seminary chapel was filled to overflowing with people who came to hear Brother Yun's witness. As some of us agreed afterward, it seemed that the Holy Spirit was present in ways we have never experienced on ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/patches-of-godlight/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/patches-of-godlight/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:07:24 GMT "We--or at least I, shall not be able to adore God on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest.  At best, our faith and reason will tell us that He is adorable, but we shall not have found Him so, not ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-from-jeremy-taylor/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-from-jeremy-taylor/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:26:23 GMT Below is a prayer of Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Anglican pastor and author of Holy Living and Holy Dying, practical guides to Christian devotion that draw on biblical and patristic sources. One of my favorite quotes of his: The job of a ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/highlights-from-the-spiritual-life-conference-in-case-you-missed-it/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/highlights-from-the-spiritual-life-conference-in-case-you-missed-it/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:11:55 GMT 1. Christianity is a way of seeing. 2. Great writing helps us to see clearly what we have always felt vaguely. 3. Beauty evokes the exquisite ache of nostalgia for God. 4. Contemplative spirituality is simply living wide awake. 5. The ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/gerhardt-tersteegen/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/gerhardt-tersteegen/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:30:23 GMT Thou hidden love of God, whose height,whose depth unfathomed no man knows,I see from afar thy beauteous light,and only sigh for thy repose;my heart is pained, nor can it beat rest, till it finds rest in thee.Thy secret voice invites me ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spiritual-life-conference/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/spiritual-life-conference/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:47:19 GMT After a stirring Convocation the new academic year is officially off and running. Next week's Spiritual Life Conference will help ensure that we are "running" in the right direction and will not end the semester "running on empty." Our guest ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-for-convocation-day/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-prayer-for-convocation-day/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:24:21 GMT Blessed are you, O God,the One whom we seek together,the Life which is part of us all,the Truth and the mark of mystery,the Love and the Joy that makes us whole.Blessed are you, O God:Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:Blessed be God for ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/welcome-to-students/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/welcome-to-students/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:18:26 GMT A hearty "Welcome!" to all of our new students and an equally hearty "Welcome Back!" to all of our continuing students. As faculty and staff we do not take lightly the commitment and sacrifice that each student makes in order to be formed ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-new-seminary-year/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/ancient-paths-for-todays-pilgrim/a-new-seminary-year/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:39:09 GMT In the midst of the complex challenges and unending demands of a new seminary year my soul yearns for simplicity and clarity. The introduction to Dallas Willard's The Great Omission has given me some help. Here are some nuggets:"There is an ...