About this episode

The episode explores the concept of a rule of life and its importance in shaping our daily activities and spiritual growth in alignment with the teachings of Jesus.

"This is the most difficult and at the same time the most important thing to embrace in the Christian life: that we become willing participants (with God), not only in what God does but in the way He does it." —Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places Friends, we continue to be gripped by these two questions. How are our daily activities shaping us into the people we are becoming? And, what changes might aim our becoming more closely toward the Person and Way of Jesus? In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series we invite you to reflect with us on these questions and the ancient idea of a rule of life. Our hope— as we revisit the rule of life —is to facilitate a gentle check in regarding how we are arranging our days. Developing a rule of life does not mean picking up a heavy yoke or toeing the line for a critical voice. Rather, “rule” in this case is related to a ruler or guide. Just as it’s helpful to use a ruler to steady our hand when drawing a line, so a rule of life helps guide our lives in the direction we yearn to live. As has often been observed, a rule of life is like a trellis supporting a growing vine. The trellis supports the vine as…

People in this episode

Host: Morgan Snyder

Topics covered

• Christian life
• rule of life
• spiritual growth
• daily activities
• guidance
• transformation

Keywords

• rule of life
• spirituality
• Christianity
• Eugene Peterson
• personal growth
• daily habits
• guidance

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