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The Sacred Enneagram: A Review and Conversation with Chris Heuertz, Part 2

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In Part 1, I introduced The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth and started a conversation with its author, Chris Heuertz. We talked about why the Enneagram resonates with us, whether Christians should be worried about its…

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Hearing God

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Below is a guest post by blogger JimWolstenholm. You can check out his blog at http://jimthefollower.com/. His mission is to help people follow Jesus so they can live the abundant life and change their world. Hmm…sounds familiar! If we could…

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Book Review: How to Determine the Enneagram Personality Type of Others

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Knowing the Enneagram is supremely helpful in all areas of life, particularly within the realm of personal relationships. Understanding your own type and that of others fosters compassion and better communication. It’s a fantastic relationship tool. Josen Kalra understands this…

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All Three Brains: Using Your Head, Heart and Gut in Transformation Work

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I’ve written before about the three Centers of Intelligence and how which one you call home base influences your behavior. Part of the work of becoming our true selves, or what Richard Rohr is lately calling the “anchored self,” is…

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The Sacred Enneagram: A Review and Conversation with Chris Heuertz, Pt.1

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Editor’s note: Square brackets in this post represent my commentary. The Enneagram is entering a Golden Age, at least within Christendom. After a drought of many years, a recent spate of books by Christian authors, such as The Road Back…

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The One Necessary Thing

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I recently sent off my DNA to a company that then analyzed it and sent me back a chart showing where I come from in the world. It was no surprise to see that the vast majority of my genes…

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Cognitive Bias, Confirmation Bias and Compassion

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I have been involved in a couple of disheartening conversations lately, and witness to dozens more on various social media platforms. One of these conversations centered around the evils of yoga and how all Christians should avoid it. Sigh. There…

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Loving People Who Devastate You

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Loving People Who Devastate You

On the morning of my grandmother’s funeral, I walked into a relative’s house and asked how she was doing. “Terrible,” she said. I assumed it was the grief of losing my grandmother, but it was much worse. Two other family…

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Learning to Grieve: Notes from an Enneagram Seven

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My awesome, cherished, beloved grandmother died last week, and I’ll leave today for her funeral. I am trying to use the knowledge of my Enneagram type to notice, acknowledge and fully process my grief. I have a Type Seven personality,…

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The Lost Art of Wisdom

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People don’t seem too concerned with the concept of wisdom these days. I can’t think of the last time I heard anyone talking about how important it is to have wisdom; can you? But wisdom used to be a big…

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Quick Start Guide to Centering Prayer

This short guide gives you the essentials for learning to be still and quiet before God so you can hear his voice and feel his love in a deeper way.

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