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Book Review: Our Way Home by Daniel E. Paavola

Book Review: Our Way Home by Daniel E. Paavola

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025

A review of Daniel E. Paavola’s Our Way Home, exploring how the Lord’s Prayer invites us on a journey of bold, communal, and hope-filled prayer.

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Book Review: Everyday Theology, Edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Book Review: Everyday Theology, Edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025

Culture shapes us daily. Everyday Theology shows how Christians can discern its messages and live the gospel faithfully.

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Good Mentors for the Four Stages of Faith

Good Mentors for the Four Stages of Faith

August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Explore how good mentors guide us through the Four Stages of Faith—calling, challenge, catalytic moments, and convergence—in community.

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How the Four Stages of Faith and Conversion Shape Us

How the Four Stages of Faith and Conversion Shape Us

August 19, 2025

Explore the Four Stages of Faith and Conversion—calling, challenge, catalytic moments, and convergence—and how each stage shapes our journey with Jesus.

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Book Review: Living Prayer by Dennis Fuqua

Book Review: Living Prayer by Dennis Fuqua

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

A practical, heartfelt guide to praying the Lord’s Prayer in daily life—Fuqua helps readers to experience living prayer, not just recite.

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Lead A Quiet Life Blog on Patheos from Jeff McLain
River Corner Church, a simple community of Jesus followers, pastored by Katie McLain & Jeff McLain.
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🌿 The Quiet Way Is a Way of Resistance 🌿

Live Unhurried · Be Still With God · Seek Obscurity · Work With Your Hands · Practice Presence

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About Jeff McLain

I’m Jeff McLain, a pastor, writer, and Doctor of Ministry student at Kairos University, based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I explore the Lord’s Prayer as both a theological foundation and a practical guide for spiritual formation and communal discipleship in the church today. I am learning to pray unhurried prayers—anchored in simplicity, shaped by Scripture, and rooted in the way of Jesus.

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Latest Blog Posts:

These recent posts explore how the Lord’s Prayer, spiritual formation, and the call to lead a quiet life shape our everyday faith—guiding our rhythms, relationships, ministry, and understanding of God’s Kingdom.

  • Book Review: The Lord’s Prayer: Perspectives for Reclaiming Christian Prayer Edited By Daniel L. MiglioreOctober 6, 2025
  • Book Review: Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art by Leonora Tubbs TisdaleOctober 4, 2025
  • Book Review: A Layman Looks at the Lord’s Prayer by W. Phillip KellerSeptember 26, 2025
  • Book Review: Pray by Neil ColeSeptember 18, 2025

Lead A Quiet Life Blog

The Lead a Quiet Life blog on Patheos explores what it means to lead a quieter life at a slower pace, discovering a simple life and faith that embraces downward mobility in a chaotic world and a church often obsessed with excess. Inspired by 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12, I share my reflections as a pastor and writer on spiritual formation, spiritual disciplines, simple living, and missional investments—inviting those who feel disillusioned, but still hopeful, to rediscover a quieter, deeper way of following Jesus.

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