Faith

How do you walk through doubt and come out the other side? Can we question our faith without losing it? Award-winning author, pastor, and professor A. J. Swoboda comes alongside those who are deconstructing their faith and shows them how to reconstruct it. Doubt is a part of our natural spiritual journey, says Swoboda, and deconstruction is a legitimate space to encounter the living God.

After Doubt By A. J. Swoboda

Saint Ignatius (www.PrayAsYouGo.com) believed that God could speak to us just as clearly in our imagination as through our thoughts and our memories. In his Spiritual Exercises he writes of contemplation as a very active way of engaging your feelings, emotions, and senses to place your self in the scene described.  Listen to the events of Jesus’ life described in these reflections. Pay attention to the details: sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feelings of the event. Lose yourself in the story. 

Imaginative Contemplation

Thank you for joining Alive City Church on this journey of growing closer to God through His Word.

This Bible-in-a-Year guide is designed to walk you through the Scriptures in a rhythm of five days of reading five chapters daily, followed by two days to reflect, pray, and catch up as needed. 

At Alive City Church, we believe that God speaks powerfully through His Word, guiding each of us to discover our unique purpose in Jesus. 

Our Daily Bread: Bible in a Year

Faith is a big deal in the life of a Christian. But in order to live by faith, we have to understand what faith is and how we can grow in it. If you want to strengthen your faith, have a closer relationship with God, and learn how to live out your faith on a daily basis, then this Bible Plan is for you.

How to Strengthen Your Faith

Many churches struggle to know what to do with church ordinances. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper should be part of the church, but misunderstanding is common. Geoff Chang shows Charles Spurgeon’s strong model for these ordinances in this five-day plan. 

Five Days With Spurgeon: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper

This 7-day plan, inspired by my book "Creativity from Conception to Cradle: 40 Weeks of Creating, Crafting, Breathing, Journaling, and Praying Through Pregnancy", invites expecting mothers to create a sanctuary of love, faith, and blessings for their baby throughout their pregnancy. You'll envelop your baby in divine care through Scripture, prayers, breathing exercises, prophetic declarations, and creative prompts, nurturing a deep bond even before birth. Experience God’s Presence as you prepare your heart and womb for the arrival of your precious little one(s).

Sacred Whispers to Your Womb: Cultivating a Heavenly Bond Before Birth With Your Baby-to-Be

Have you ever read a story that you wanted to be a part of? Your Bible tells the story of history, from beginning to end, and you are one of the characters! In order to understand your role, you first have to know who's story you're a part of. Over the next five days, come get to know God, the creator of the universe.

God's Story: Part One

This is a 31-day plan that focuses on meditating on the word of God daily. Each day of this plan has a different Bible verse or passage of Scripture for you to meditate on. The more we meditate on the word of God, the more our hearts and minds receive His words and promises to us as truth.

Daily Bible Meditation: A 31-Day Plan

Who do you choose to follow for daily guidance, and have you ever struggled with whether that is always God? The theme of these guided audio meditations is choosing Who to follow. And deciding whether to pursue your human hunches or follow the guidance of the Creator of the universe. And selecting the Bible to teach you what is real and training you to do what is right.