Samuel James

1 week ago | crossway.org | Brett McCracken |Ivan Mesa |Samuel James |Tony Reinke

Healthy Spiritual FormationI’m a parent of three young children (ages 6, 4, and 3) who are growing up in an age of ubiquitous screens. Like most parents in today’s world, I worry about how they’re being shaped by today’s technologies. Here are a few suggestions for practical ways Christian parents can encourage healthy spiritual formation in a scrolling age. 1. Mind what you’re modeling. So much of how kids learn is caught, not taught.

1 month ago | thecommon.place | Tsh Oxenreider |Samuel James

Hey there,Glory hallelujah, itā€™s Spring Break around here! Eight years of teaching high school (plus 15 years of homeschooling), and this mid-March milestone has become a bellwether for how Iā€™m doing overall. ā€¦Do I feel like Iā€™ve just run a marathon and need to collapse for a week-long nap? Or do I feel energized by the beautiful weather and just need a week of outside time to recharge to power through the rest of the school year? Itā€™s the former for me this year.

Jan 10, 2025 | crossway.org | Samuel James |Tony Reinke

Digital PracticesFor most of my life, I have believed that the way meaningful transformation works is this:I earnestly pray for and try to generate strong feelings. Once these strong feelings are achieved, doing the right thing will feel natural. As I’ve talked to people my age about the things we’ve learned about the Christian life as we’ve gotten older, one of the consistent themes in these conversations is the discovery—often well after adolescence—that this isn’t how most change works.