These two words are most feared by those who work in retail: Black Friday. Andrew Eberhart shares what it was like working Black Friday in a retail chain store for the first time. Grace got him through what could have been a very hard shift.
“Thin places” are what the Celtic monks call places where the dividing line between the natural world and the supernatural realm of God’s Spirit are so thin there is hardly any distinction. They are the holy places where God and man meet. Like Moses and the burning bush, Elijah and the still small voice, Andrew Eberhart tells of the thin places he experienced while in Ireland for a Spiritual Formation class.
What is the shape of mercy, and what does it feel like in your hand? Andrew Eberhart shares a deeply formative moment as he learned the grace of the Jesus Prayer: “Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.”
The struggle is real! We all go through trials. Some seem to have more than others sometimes, but we all have the opportunity to choose whether we will be formed or deformed by our most difficult experiences in life. Our friend, Andrew Eberhart, shares some of the most harrowing trials he has experienced and five key things he has learned through it all.
