Praying… and sometimes ceasing
I have never really been able to establish a good routine when it comes to prayer. Just like most other disciplines in my life (exercise,…
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Light Still Shines…
In the last two weeks, I have been talking with a lot of folks across Iowa. I spent some time with clergy in Des Moines…
Praying on an airplane
Friday I took an early morning flight home. I had been in Nashville for a few days to train some new field coordinators for Imagine…
Prayers from the kitchen sink
We must — at some point along our Lenten journey — be candid about death. Lent begins with the reminder of our mortality, with the…
Prayers from the silence
Psalm 62:1 & 5 (NRSV): “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone my soul waits in…
Prayers from the wreckage
I’ve been following the Lenten prayer prompts from Faith and Water for these forty days. I’m a bit late and doing some catch-up, but the…
Prayers from the dust
On my knees Laid low I am nothing I am but dust and ashes I am the stuff of the earth And yet somewhere in…
Spirit of Healing
When I was in Tampa for General Conference, I saw a few folks on the street who were looking for handouts. And every time, I…