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May 2022

May 10, 2022

Questioning Prayer, Questing Prayer

I find myself doing less catapulting requests at heaven and more wondering and waiting.

September 2020

September 10, 2020

Prayer Engraved on the Heart

Through the spare and insistent pressure of repetition, the words of our lips become the...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Three Prayers You Need Right Now

I want to pray through this pandemic in a way that’s faithful and smart.

January 2020

January 09, 2020

Prayer: Heart to Heart with Jesus

Prayer is paying attention and practicing gratitude. It’s less about the words we say than...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

What Feels Like Praying?

What feels like praying to you? Is it quilting or serving in the soup kitchen...

August 2018

August 13, 2018

Pray and Struggle: Immovable Faith for Impossible Situations

In impossible situations, we’re called to be immovable in our confidence that God is at...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

Fervent Prayer / Fervent Love

Love fervently. Pray fervently. One smudges into the other.

January 14, 2018

Waiting for God in Silence

Prayer is what allows us to lean into the silent places of our lives, to...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

On completing my to-do list

I arrived at an amazing place today: I completed my to-do list. (Okay, I still...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Pray the Ascension

With the Ascension, the Incarnation is completed as Jesus bears his humanity into the fullness...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

The strenuous discipline of not praying

Somewhere on the road to Tucumcari, New Mexico, we got behind a semi truck painted...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

He numbers the raindrops

Abba Moses said, "When we consider that He numbers the raindrops, the sand of the...

September 21, 2016

3 ways the Lord’s Prayer changed my life

About a decade ago, I began praying the Lord's Prayer daily. It changed my life....

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Pray and soar

The Mississippi kites are migrating. They've been wheeling over our neighborhood since spring, rising on thermals and diving...