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July 2012

July 27, 2012

When Has God NOT Answered Your Prayer?

The readers of this blog have been extremely helpful as I've worked through issues...

July 23, 2012

Has God Answered Your Prayer?

Hundreds of readers weighed in on my question, Do You Pray? For that, I am...

July 16, 2012

Everyday Spirituality: A New Series

A few years ago, I wrote a book that carries the subtitle, Spiritual Practices for...

June 2012

June 14, 2012

Yes, Tracie Prays, though Not in the Conventional Way

At the Emergent Village Blog, Tracie Giesbrecht responds at length to my query about if...

May 2012

May 17, 2012

Do You Pray?

I'm at the early stages of a book called, Why Pray? Why Some People Pray,...

May 16, 2012

Thinking About God’s Creation

I'm thinking and reading a lot about creation right now, in preparation for year two...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Who Thinks that God Is Still Speaking?

This post is part of the Patheos Book Club. Check out the Book Club for more...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

Lenten Meditations

This week, The 40 Day Journey, a Lenten video blog by Patheos, will feature a...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Eckhart and Apologetics

Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Dominican speculative mystic, is one of my favorite writers. I have...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

How Did People in the Bible Pray?

That's the question I set out to answer in my book, Ask, Seek, Knock: Prayers...

December 28, 2011

Lectio Divina Might Save Your (Prayer) Life

I discovered lectio divina many years ago, during a very spiritually dry time in my...

December 27, 2011

My “Minor Classic” on Spiritual Disciplines (for 99¢!)

Of the books I've written, two seem to have the most staying power. One is...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Slacktivist Takes a Spin on #WhyPray

Fred, the Slacktivist, has a take-off on my almost-meme #WhyPray. And, I must admit, he...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Writing a Book on Prayer

Due only in part to the results of my Facebook Question, I'm going to take...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

The Wild Goose Festival: My Talks

I actually didn't give any talks, per se, at the Goose. I was a speaker...

May 2009

May 30, 2009

Praying the Bible – Praying with Paul

Paul's pivotal life experience is referred to as the Calling of Paul or the Damascus...

May 29, 2009

Praying the Bible – Praying with the Disciples

The next prayer we'll investigate is straightforward enough, but the action the apostles took seems...

May 28, 2009

Praying the Bible – Praying with Jesus

I can hardly imagine a person praying during his torture and execution. I find it...

May 27, 2009

Praying the Bible – Praying with Solomon

Near the beginning of Solomon's reign, he does what we hope any ruler would do....

May 26, 2009

Praying the Bible – Praying with Deborah

Some years after Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt and after Joshua...

May 24, 2009

Praying the Bible – A Working Definition

Last week, I ran some excerpts of a book I've written on the ancient practice...

May 23, 2009

Praying the Bible – The Contemplation of Lectio Divina