Grateful for @malcolmguite and his Waiting on the Word. In a season of 6 funerals in 7 weeks, the stomach virus, and myriad activities in the Advent and Christmas season, his poetry selections and reflections used for my evening devotions in the midst of the storm were a salve
Nothing grows a Christian like a serious commitment to a single church week in and week out for years and years.
Not conferences.
Not social media.
Not even personal devotions.
The local church is where mature Christians are slowly forged in the fires of mundane faithfulness.