Praying for the Church
One of the practices I have incorporated into my renewal leave is to use Bishop Job’s, A Guide to Prayer, each morning. I have taken…
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Plural Pronouns and Prayers
Yesterday, our family was boating on the Cedar River and we pulled into this little cove we like to visit. Often, in the summer, it…
True Worship
“We keep a troubled vigil at the bedside of the world,” writes Howard Thurman, “Thus we clutch the moment of intimacy in worship when we…
Corporate Prayer for the Desperate
Holy and Forsaken God, We come into your presence knowing that you felt utter desperation and loneliness. You felt isolated and forgotten. You felt unimaginable…
Save Us!
Some of you sometimes ask what I like to do in my spare time and one of my favorite things to do is binge watching…
Defined by Generosity
Our scriptures this morning show us what it means to be generous. They describe to us people and communities who went the extra mile, who…
Exercise and Practice
This thought was waiting for me in my email inbox this morning, as I finished day one of working out again: Here is a traveler….
With Careful Intention
I have a nasty smart phone habit. Every commercial break, every need to stretch, every chance I get, I check my phone. I browse through…