--- title: Wendy Gerdes | Spiritual Formation (3) description: Spiritual Formation | Description (3) --- [Skip to content](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation/page/3#main-content) [![Asset 1](https://wendygerdes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%201.png?width=514&height=71&name=Asset%201.png "Asset 1")](https://wendygerdes.com) - [About](https://wendygerdes.com/about) - [Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes) - [Subscribe](https://wendygerdes.com/subscribe) ## All Blogs Filter blogs by topic by clicking the buttons below - [All](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/all) - [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) - [Spiritual Formation](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation) - [Perspective](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/perspective) - [Freedom](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/freedom) - [Motherhood](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/motherhood) - [Forgiveness](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/forgiveness) - [Fear](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/fear) - [Parenting](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/parenting) - [Identity](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/identity) - [Overcoming Sin](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/overcoming-sin) - [Devotionals](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/devotionals) - [Grief](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/grief) - [Prayer](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/prayer) - [Relationships](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/relationships) - [Love](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/love) - [Advent](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/advent) - [Anxiety](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/anxiety) - [Allegories](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/allegories) - [Lent](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/lent) - [Hearing God's Voice](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/hearing-gods-voice) - [Disillusionment](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/disillusionment) - [Learning to Hear the Voice of God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/learning-to-hear-the-voice-of-god) - [Poetry](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/poetry) - [Prayers](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/prayers) - [Spiritual Formation Illustrated Writings](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation-illustrated-writings) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/Canva%20Design%20DAFuSg0KRW8.png)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/faulty-views) [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) [Identity](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/identity) [Spiritual Formation](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation) [Disillusionment](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/disillusionment) September 13, 2023 ### [Faulty Views](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/faulty-views) Hi friends! I realized today that it's been three weeks since I last wrote! It's been a very busy three weeks with a... [Read Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/faulty-views) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/Canva%20Design%20DAFr_YAZGQk.png)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves) [Freedom](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/freedom) [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) [Overcoming Sin](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/overcoming-sin) [Spiritual Formation](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation) August 19, 2023 ### [The Stories We Tell Ourselves](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves) When our oldest three were toddlers, the dreaded moment came when every single one of them got sick at the same time... 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[Read Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/free) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/Canva%20Design%20DAFn6QIwv-8.png)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-bookended-day) [Perspective](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/perspective) [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) [Fear](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/fear) [Identity](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/identity) [Love](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/love) [Spiritual Formation](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation) [Anxiety](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/anxiety) July 7, 2023 ### [The Bookended Day](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-bookended-day) Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how I bookend my days and the impact it has. Those seemingly small moments at... 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