Matthew Bingham, A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation. Crossway, 2025. 368 pp. The internet is a marvelous and maddening place. A single viral clip can be watched by millions and yet leave no lasting impact beyond a moment of humor, shock, or provocation. At the same time, voices that would…
Dustin Grooms is a member of St. Luke’s Anglican Church, a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the Diocese of the Central States. He lives in northeastern Kentucky with his wife and their two sons, where he works in adult and higher education in the community college system. His writing interests include discipleship and spiritual formation, literature, and the intersection of the Christian life with the arts.
Book Review: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society (Commemorative Edition) by Eugene Peterson. Intervarsity Press, 2024. “Spiritual formation.” “discipleship.” “Christian living.” One can walk into a Christian bookstore and find plenty of glossy covers promising secrets to growth in forty days, seven steps, three keys, or one weird trick Paul forgot…
