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2 mins read|11/05/20Meditation is part of what C.S. Lewis calls the "baptism of the imagination." In Christ, we belong to him, all the parts of us--even our brain.
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1 min|10/15/20Whether it is the awkwardness of praying aloud in a group, starting a prayer journal and then forgetting about it, using prewritten prayers, or having notecards, we often feel like we aren't that good or consistent in prayer.
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14 mins read|08/24/20Prayer dares to call the impossible into reality. It trusts the One who can do all things to do impossible things. It rests its hope on God’s power and not man’s agency.
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7 mins read|08/18/20Even as children of God, we have down days. That’s just a fact of being sinful and living in an evil world.
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8 mins read|08/17/20When you don’t know whom to thank, you start thanking yourself. Praise turns inward. This is a double bondage. When you have only yourself to thank, you end up having only yourself to depend upon.
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11 mins read|08/14/20Saying the words of the prayer together meant that if my voice became too weak or shaky, other voices would be around to support and continue the message.
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11 mins read|07/31/20Your prayers are not what make you acceptable in his sight. You have already been made acceptable through the blood of Christ.
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9 mins read|07/27/20These words not only rescue and defend; they also attack.
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13 mins read|07/21/20It is one thing to pray against death’s slow and aggressive assault on God’s creation. It is another to trust in the one who has conquered the grave.
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7 mins read|06/30/20When we are hurt, we cry out to God. But sometimes when the hurt gets really intense, our lament turns to complaint. Not only is this normal, but almost every lament in scripture contains a complaint.
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