abiding resources
Dive into these resources to help you grow and flourish in your walk with Jesus!
Books
How to Hear God by Peter Greig
Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way by Stephen A. Macchia
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course Participant's Pack: Discipleship that Deeply Changes Your Relationship with God by Peter Scazzero
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Spiritual Survival Handbook for Cross-cultural Workers by Dr. Robert S. Miller
The Rest of God by Peter Buchanan
Books for First-Term Global Gospel Workers - A growing list compiled by others in the field
online resources & Apps
Discovery Bible Study: Also known as 3Thirds, this website give you tools, passages, resources, and training on how to conduct a discipleship based Bible study. This is one of the best, most in-depth, and effective resources that I have found online for simple discipleship.
The Real-Life Process: Real and practical tools to structure your year around personal and spiritual growth. Founded by Teresa McCloy.
The Grafted Life Ministries: Grafted Life Ministries support churches and individuals with resources that help people root their lives in Christ’s transforming love.
Abiding Way Ministries: Personal retreats, daily devotionals, Lectio Divina, devotional tools, spiritual direction, and more resources to help every individual attain “spiritual growth that is rooted in Scripture and grounded in the practices of believers throughout history”
PHONE APP - Lectio 365: Lectio 365 is a free daily devotional app that helps you pray the Bible every day.
PHONE APP - Inner Room: Turn your phone into a prayer device. Set reminders to pray, create prayer playlists, create visual prayer boards, and even listen to prayers on the go.
Printable PDFS
These resources are tools that I have stumbled across in other places but I have been unable to find a concise document to share so I made my own. Print and place these tools anywhere you will see them on a daily basis as a reminder of God’s constant presence with you.
P.R.A.Y. Bookmark: Bookmark with the steps to guided prayer. Applicable in any given moment in any given situation. This tool can be used with any passage of scripture over a short or long period of time abiding with God.
Life Timeline Reflection Worksheet: I’ve created this resource for workshops that I have led. Discover God’s voice over a series of seasons of life with this worksheet. Don’t worry about putting things in order right away; write down events that come to mind as they come to mind. Take it a step further and use the resources from Critical Journey section of this page to help identify your phases and stages of your journey.
the Critical Journey
In February 2025, I did a workshop on spiritual formation theory based on the book “The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith” by Janet O. Hagberg and Robert A. Guelich (Second Edition, 2005).
Critical Journey Slides: Slides from the workshop, edited for public viewing and for my personal security.
Summary of the Critical Journey Stages: This guide summarizes the stages in Critical Journey to help identify your phases and stages of your journey, what might cage you, and how to move forward. The creator of this chart, Kathy, talks more about each stage in her blog post.
Video Summary of The Critical Journey diagram/circle: Take a look at the diagram that accompanies the stages and understand what each stage means
Do you have more great resources to add to this page?
Submit your resources in the forum. I am always in search of new tools to help others grow in Christ!