Todd's Reflections

Into the Darkness: The Movement from Stage 3 to Stage 4

This is the fifth post in a series on Spiritual Development. Catch up on post 1, post 2 and

Spiritual Development: Stages 2 and 3

This is the fourth post in a series on Spiritual Development. Catch up on post 1, post 2 and

Stages of Spiritual Growth: An Introduction

After introducing the stages of spiritual growth in adults as a resource to help us develop spiritually I want to take the next few months to explore one model of the different stages. There are many

Spiritual Development in Adults: How Understanding Stages of Growth Can Help Us Grow Spiritually

I still remember watching my sons learn to walk. Of course when they were newborn they couldn’t even sit up or roll over. It was some months before they said their first words, “ball” and “tractor”,

I'm an Activist AND a Contemplative

1988 was a long time ago. It was also the first of nine summers I would spend in Pasadena on an urban project with InterVarsity. Maybe I’m a slow learner. Or maybe something, or someone (aka the Holy

Racial Reconciliation and the Contemplative Life: Learning to Handle Our Pain

“All great spirituality has to do with how you handle your pain.” These words floating gently and powerfully out of the speakers in my car as I drove across the plains of lower Wyoming twelve years