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Metamorpha.com e-newsletter

There continues to be a lot of activity going on at Metamorpha.com. We have just enhanced the website with a site-wide upgrade, which should make for fewer errors, quicker load times, and an all-around better web experience. We continue to add more and more new content, some of which we have highlighted here in the newsletter for your convenience, but much of it we have not (click here to check out the audio section)! 

 

We are also very excited about our new Resource Center. We have listened to your thoughts and have made some changes (including more to come, so keep checking back!).

 

If you would like more information on the website or about the future plans of Metamorpha as a ministry, please click here, we would love to hear from you!

–Metamorpha

Metamorpha Survey results:
Question: What is your church’s focus on spiritual formation?

  • 11.3% of people said – spiritual formation is not on my church’s radar at all
  • 15.9% of people said – the phase is used (“spiritual formation”) but there is nothing really substantial to help people grow outside of the main service
  • 36.8% of people said – it is on the radar of the church, but few people have taken any initiative
  • 23.1% of people said – it is a priority, but is sometimes pushed behind other priorities
  • 12.7% of people said – I am very satisfied

Honesty
Larry Warner

 

…a spouse of 30 years dies – “they’re in a better place”…a person is betrayed and humiliated by a trusted friend – “I am trying to forgive”…a person loses a job through downsizing – “God will provide”…a child dies – “God won’t give me more than I can handle”. These are all noble words…but where is the pain, frustration, anger, disappointment…where is the honesty? When it comes to the painful realities of life, Christians find it difficult to be honest with themselves, others and especially God.   Read more...

Do you have someone in your life who is looking for a deeper abiding relationship with Jesus? Here are some good beginning books that might help guide them towards the right questions:

 

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  Surrender to Love               Invitation to a Journey            In the Name of Jesus
   -David Benner                 - M. Robert Mulholland Jr.            - Henri Nouwen
                                                             

NEW Spiritual Discipline:

Introduction to Ignatian Prayer: Part II

St. Ignatius of Loyola was born Inigo Lopez de Loyola in 1491.  He was born into a family of some nobility and therefore was exposed at a young age to the romances of courtly life, including gambling, sword fighting, and women.  At the Battle of Pamplona, Inigo’s leg was shattered by a cannonball, which seemingly ended his life of excitement and adventure.  While he was recovering at his family castle in Loyola his boredom led him to begin reading about the life of Christ and the lives of the saints.  These books introduced him to a new kind of noble adventure, an adventure with God....Read More...