Ruah Space Blog
What Does the Bible Say About the Bible?
In a series where we study what the Bible says about various spiritual disciplines, what do you call the post where you discuss what the Bible says about the Bible? Entire books have been written about the Bible so we had to narrow down our hopes for this study quite...
Meditation on a Grape
As a part of my prayer and meditation yesterday, I meditated on a small but amazing part of God’s creation, a grape. Bringing a grape into my meditation was inspired by a post by Christine Sine called "Meditation Monday-Through the Eyes of an Apple" (read it here)....
What Does the Bible Say About the Sabbath?
One of the first spiritual disciplines mentioned in the Bible is the Sabbath. What’s interesting about it is that it’s not mentioned because people do it, but because God does it! Immediately after God finished creating everything in Genesis chapter one, Genesis two...
Formation in Suffering
It struck me the other day that many of my heroes spent time in prison. I love reading biographies and it hit me that a large portion of the people I have been reading about lately had spent time incarcerated. Biographies are important to me because I believe we have...
What the Bible Says About Fasting.
Fasting is one of the most consistently practiced spiritual disciplines throughout the Bible. When we fast, we intentionally refrain from participation in something in order to create space, gain perspective, reorient, and focus on what truly matters. In the Bible,...
What the Bible says about Prayer
Prayer. We learn about it in church. We practice with our friends. We intercede on the behalf of others. But what shapes our prayer life at its core? We often pray without realizing just how profound this act of faith is. But the truth is, it is only since Christ came...