Christianity Archives - Page 14 of 42 - Lisa Colón DeLay

UPDATE: All the volumes are now in 1 digital book!

</p> <figure id="attachment_8948" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8948" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-8948" title="butterflies" alt="" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-300x218.jpg" width="300" height="218" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-300x218.jpg 300w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-350x255.jpg 350w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8948" class="wp-caption-text">We need each other!</figcaption></figure> <p><em>95 pages of goodness!</em></p> <p><strong>VOLUMES 1-3</strong><br /> This collection reads fast…<em>like tv</em>…and covers the topics:</p> <p><strong>• “What is the Soul? & What is Soul Care?”</strong></p> <p>This premise-building volume gets us to track from the same point onward. That fact is you and I need Soul Care, and we need it now. I’ll explain why.</p> <p><strong>• Identity and Belonging</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>We deal with core needs. This targets how to find your place in this world and in your calling of creating and message-bearing. Without our bearings we’ll get off-track and discouraged. This important message is one you don’t want to miss.</p> <p><strong>• The 8 Paths of Learning </strong></p> <p>• Utilize the paths for your <em>own</em> growth. Progress faster and better.</p> <p>• Guide <em>others</em> in a well-rounded process of knowledge and development</p> <p>• Fresh insights and information on the learning paths you already use</p> <p>• A potent approach to synthesizing and assimilating learning to produce transformation</p> <p><strong>Written in a way to amuse and designed in a visual format that reads as fast as tv. You won’t get bogged down and it’s all.<br /> </strong></p> <p><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Lisa%20Colón%20DeLay&search-alias=digital-text ">Find it at AMAZON here.</a></strong></span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/for-creators-and-communicators-volumes-1-3/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2012-05-04T02:50:23-04:00">4 May, 2012</time><time class="updated" datetime="2014-03-17T07:52:24-04:00">17 March, 2014</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/authors/" 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href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/spiritual-formation/" rel="tag">spiritual formation</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/spiritual-growth/" rel="tag">Spiritual growth</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/spiritual-practices/" rel="tag">Spiritual practices</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/support/" rel="tag">support</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/visual/" rel="tag">visual</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-8667" class="post-8667 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-spark-my-muse tag-authors tag-christianity tag-community tag-hope tag-king-david tag-lament tag-ministry tag-pain tag-psalms tag-sgb"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/worldview-problems-and-stories/" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="125" height="125" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Worldview: Problems and Stories" decoding="async" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg 125w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/worldview-problems-and-stories/" rel="bookmark">Worldview: Problems and Stories</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_8668" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8668" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg_.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-8668" title="661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg_-300x272.png" alt="" width="300" height="272" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg_-300x272.png 300w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg_-350x318.png 350w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/661px-Geoz_wb_en.svg_.png 661w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8668" class="wp-caption-text">public domain image</figcaption></figure> <p> </p> <p>I wonder if much of the time, without knowing it, we operate as if the top model is correct. The one that puts us in the middle. We just ending up seeing the world and treating other people as if they revolve around us.</p> <p>The second model is correct, but actually incomplete. That’s because compared to the known universe it’s hardly a spec. Our stories and even our problems are small compared to what’s really going on. Our stories and our pain matter, but they are not the center.</p> <p><em><strong>Enjoy your weekend. Keep things in perspective, okay?</strong></em></p> <p>Some poetry for reflection:</p> <blockquote><p>Psalms 8:3-5<br /> “When I consider your heavens,<br /> the work of your fingers,<br /> the moon and the stars,<br /> which you have set in place,<br /> what is man that you are mindful of him,<br /> the son of man that you care for him?<br /> You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings<br /> and crowned him with glory and honor.”</p></blockquote> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/worldview-problems-and-stories/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2012-04-20T06:54:09-04:00">20 April, 2012</time><time class="updated" datetime="2013-01-01T19:15:54-04:00">1 January, 2013</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/spark-my-muse/" rel="category tag">Podcast</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/authors/" rel="tag">Authors</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/christianity/" rel="tag">Christianity</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/hope/" rel="tag">hope</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/king-david/" rel="tag">king david</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/lament/" rel="tag">lament</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ministry/" rel="tag">ministry</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/pain/" rel="tag">pain</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/psalms/" rel="tag">psalms</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/sgb/" rel="tag">SGB</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-8276" class="post-8276 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-authors tag-wimseries tag-christianity tag-ed-cyzewski tag-encouragement tag-gender tag-internet tag-lisa-colon-delay tag-ministry tag-sgb tag-women"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/why-i-really-went-to-seminary/" rel="bookmark">Why I REALLY went to Seminary</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Don’t miss my <a href="http://inamirrordimly.com/2012/03/16/women-in-ministry-series-the-golden-age-for-women-in-ministry/">guest post</a> at Ed Cyzewski’s blog in his Women in Ministry Series! (Search hashtag #WIMSeries for many excellent contributions, too.)</p> <p>We’ll gonna have to call him L.L. Cool–E. (Ladies Love Cool Ed)</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/why-i-really-went-to-seminary/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2012-03-16T14:56:50-04:00">16 March, 2012</time><time class="updated" datetime="2013-01-01T19:14:16-04:00">1 January, 2013</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/authors/" rel="category tag">Authors</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/wimseries/" rel="tag">#WIMSeries</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/christianity/" rel="tag">Christianity</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ed-cyzewski/" rel="tag">ed cyzewski</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/encouragement/" rel="tag">encouragement</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/gender/" rel="tag">gender</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/lisa-colon-delay/" rel="tag">Lisa Colón DeLay</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ministry/" rel="tag">ministry</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/sgb/" rel="tag">SGB</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/women/" rel="tag">women</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/why-i-really-went-to-seminary/#comments">2 Comments<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Why I REALLY went to Seminary</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-8156" class="post-8156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-authors tag-4bloggers tag-blogging tag-christianity tag-christians tag-community tag-humor tag-ministry tag-renewal tag-sgb tag-spiritual-growth tag-worldviews"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/top-ten-signs-that-you-need-renewal/" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="125" height="125" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Top Ten Signs that You Need Renewal" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg 125w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/top-ten-signs-that-you-need-renewal/" rel="bookmark">Top Ten Signs that You Need Renewal</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Hi there! If you are new here, please subscribe by email or RSS feed to get new posts (there’s a <em>Connect</em> bar here on the right with cute buttons for that). I post 3 or 4 times per week. That adds up to loads of goodness per fortnight. By the way, I’m so glad you stopped by.</span></strong></p> <table cellspacing="0"> <tbody id="the-list"> <tr id="post-8226" valign="top"> <td><strong>TOMORROW’S POST:<br /> Reflections on God [or what happened with the Jesuits, part II] <span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><a href="http://wp.me/p1g2iA-28G">Click here for Part I.</a></em></span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <figure id="attachment_8162" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8162" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-8162" title="threesixtyfive | day 244" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1-300x244.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="244" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1-300x244.jpg 300w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1-350x285.jpg 350w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1-1024x834.jpg 1024w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1-600x489.jpg 600w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2468506922_cdeac5e211_o1.jpg 1040w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8162" class="wp-caption-text">(click for photo attribution)</figcaption></figure> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Top Ten Signs that You Need Renewal </strong></h3> <p><strong>1. Observable deficits in enacted Fruit of the Spirit. </strong>(i.e. less qualities of love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, and self-control)</p> <p><strong>2. You find yourself perceiving things others say as <em>personally</em> offensive, or as direct attacks.</strong></p> <p><strong></strong><strong>3. You are “venting” more online. </strong></p> <p><strong>4. You feel unloved.</strong></p> <p><strong>5. Posting on your blog or being active in social media, or online makes you feel <em>significant</em>. </strong>(Accordingly, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> getting that sort of instant gratification creates feelings of emptiness or frustration.)</p> <p><strong>6. You’re writing <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>about</em></span> your stuff rather than really working through it.</strong></p> <p><strong>7. Increased tension in your face-to-face relationships, while giving greater significance to internet-based relationships.</strong></p> <p><strong>8. You struggle with at least one of the “seven deadly sins”: <a title="Wrath" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath">wrath</a>, <a title="Greed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed">greed</a>, <a title="Sloth (deadly sin)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_(deadly_sin)">sloth</a>, <a title="Pride" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride">pride</a>, <a title="Lust" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust">lust</a>, <a title="Envy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy">envy</a>, and <a title="Gluttony" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluttony">gluttony</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>9. You feel spread thin like too little butter pulled across toast. Or you feel toasted, or similar to toast, in any respect.</strong></p> <p><strong>10. You’re in a creative slump.</strong></p> <p>If some of these ring true, spiritual refocusing and guidance will create more creative (and general) energy and renewal in your life.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>What is your tip off that you need renewal?</strong></p> <p>Thankfully, some help is near. Guidance is at hand, and it works for non bloggers too! Search the category “blogging” for some helpful articles. Visit again soon, too. More resources are coming.</p> <p>For personal spiritual guidance (for the courageous), use the contact button to get started (lower right), or to find a retreat center click <a href="http://expandretreats.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Beyond this blogging series…is an alliance of committed bloggers to keep Christian blogging a ministry of integrity. Integrity is a word I love, because its literal meaning is <strong><em>wholeness</em></strong>. When we are emotionally and spiritually healthy, we are whole as message-bearers. As people. We lack for nothing.</p> <p><strong>So, if you enjoy reading or writing blogs,</strong> I hope you’ll join in with the interactive community at Facebook.</p> <figure style="width: 125px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualGuidanceForBloggersProject"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" title="sgbAD" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SGBAd.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Click to go to FB page</figcaption></figure> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/top-ten-signs-that-you-need-renewal/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2012-03-14T06:21:24-04:00">14 March, 2012</time><time class="updated" datetime="2013-01-01T19:14:17-04:00">1 January, 2013</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/authors/" rel="category tag">Authors</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/4bloggers/" rel="tag">#4Bloggers</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/blogging/" rel="tag">blogging series</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/christianity/" rel="tag">Christianity</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/christians/" rel="tag">Christians</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/humor/" rel="tag">Humor</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ministry/" rel="tag">ministry</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/renewal/" rel="tag">renewal</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/sgb/" rel="tag">SGB</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/spiritual-growth/" rel="tag">Spiritual growth</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/worldviews/" rel="tag">worldviews</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/top-ten-signs-that-you-need-renewal/#comments">3 Comments<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Top Ten Signs that You Need Renewal</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-8219" class="post-8219 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-authors category-spirituality tag-4blogging tag-authors tag-books tag-christianity tag-christians tag-community tag-culture tag-god tag-grace tag-lisa-colon-delay tag-listening-to-god tag-love tag-personal-growth tag-prayer tag-retreat tag-sgb tag-spiritual-formation tag-spirituality tag-walking-with-god tag-writers"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/virtue-in-blogging-like-or-dislike/" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="125" height="125" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Virtue in Blogging: Like or Dislike?" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree.jpg 125w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trafficlighttree-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/virtue-in-blogging-like-or-dislike/" rel="bookmark">Virtue in Blogging: Like or Dislike?</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The more stink and infighting I hear chirping on the blogosphere, the more I realize the internet is like <em>The Ring</em> (a la Lord of the Rings). It seems few can wield it’s power all that well. Good intentions can switch to division and vitriol.</p> <p><strong>This is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> a new sort of problem. </strong></p> <p>Have you ever acted differently in your car than you do face-to-face with people? I have. I first time I drove with my husband-to-be, the man truly surprised me. Hallmark placidity turned to zeal and strident use of a motor vehicle.</p> <p>It’s a problem of the flawed human heart. It’s spiritual, not behavioral.</p> <p>Something about the material confines of transport too often unleashes something worse than normal in our thoughts and behavior. The internet is the very same way.</p> <p><strong>Instead of road rage, we see web rage.</strong> Comment sections on many news stories, for instance, are filled with toxic language and malicious conjecture.</p> <p><strong>But, this is not the end of the story!</strong></p> <p>As we pull back and examine ourselves, we feel the call, even the duty, to do better. What may sustain that initial motivation and produce better actions and results is <em><strong>community </strong>committed to a higher way.</em></p> <p>This is where <strong>The Spiritual Guidance for Bloggers Project</strong> enters the fray. <strong><em>It’s a spot where we agree to virtue over high blog traffic.</em></strong> It’s not just a place online to thumbs up “like”, but rather a community where we encourage each other to be more personally reflective as we encounter and broach challenging issues.</p> <figure id="attachment_8140" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8140" style="width: 125px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualGuidanceForBloggersProject"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-8140" title="sgbAD" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SGBAd.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SGBAd.jpg 125w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SGBAd-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8140" class="wp-caption-text">click for FB page</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>I ask you to be a part of the solution, not the problem of blogosphere rancor.</strong> Join at the Facebook community, where resources, support, and hopefully face-to-face gatherings will build better kinds of online interactions.</p> <p><span style="color: #ff9900;">I’ll just bring up one more thing, and I ask that you would help me with your prayers and suggestions. <em><strong>I sense the entreaty to assemble a guided prayer retreat day for soul care for the weary blogger </strong>(essentially, for Creators & Communicators)<strong>. </strong></em></span></p> <p><em>Maybe toward the end of August. 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