the reading John 17:6-19 Jesus prayed for his disciples, “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the...
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a prayer for businesses in your community
I was recently asked to pray at the opening of a Board of Directors meeting for my local Chamber of Commerce. It was my first meeting as a board member, which was also the first meeting for the new president for the organization. I was the one asked to pray because...
lament: a perspective on sadness in the bible
Wanna know something that drives me crazy? Happiness. Not all happiness. I’m very pro-happiness. I just don’t like fake happiness. You know, the kind people show you at church when you ask them how they’re doing. People put on the smile, and tell you, “I’m doing...
on re-learning how to pray
Sitting there in the darkened room while the book study DVD rolled on the screen to my right, I experienced the most jarring realization. We've been doing it all wrong. Since my children were babies, we've practiced the folding of hands for prayers--tucking fingers...
lessons mom never shared
Storm clouds roll in thick, billowy and dark, blowing small branches and...
when our prayers don’t add up
“The words started out comforting enough,” Cheryl told me. “My friend told me...
craving desperation
When’s the last time you've been truly desperate for something? A love...
breath by breath
I am wound too tight by schedules and piles these days while quiet lingers...
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