Why “See You At The Pole” Makes Me Nervous, and How I Would Change It
Today is the national See You At the Pole prayer event. If you don’t know what it is, just Google it. When I was touring with my band Satellite Soul, we played nearly every year at a See You At the...
View ArticlePray Without Ceasing: Why Anyone Can Do It & Almost Nobody Does
Some scholars believe that the apostle Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians could be the earliest written text in the New Testament (52AD). In chapter 5 there is a curiously short verse which says,...
View ArticleOn the Hubris of Prayer Experts: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Part I
I’m reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard right now. This morning I was reminded one of the great lessons Dillard, and others like her, have taught me about prayer. She says that when you...
View ArticlePilgrim at Tinker Creek, Part II
I’m reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, and continuing to reflect upon the nature of prayer and the presence of God. If you dive into this work, you have to know Dillard spends an...
View ArticleThe SHIFT from Illusion to Prayer
When my boys were little guys we would go out to eat every Friday evening. It was kind of our family tradition (still is)… eat a meal together, & try to connect at end of a long week. When they...
View Article10 Ways to Make Your Life Better
I ran across this question recently and it immediately got my imagination going: What are 10 (or fewer) good habits for a person that can make life better? The habit thing seemed constrictive, but the...
View ArticleAn Election Day Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is discord, harmony; Where there is error, truth; Where there is doubt,...
View ArticleStanley Hauerwas: A Prayer for Our Enemies As We Are All Learning How to Hate
We are all learning how to hate. That is to say, we are all being taught everyday how to hate. I’m serious. Maybe more than at any other time in my lifetime members of our society are fully engaged...
View ArticleStanley Hauerwas: A Prayer on Election Day
I’ve been using Stanley Hauerwas’ Prayers Plainly Spoken to guide me every morning for the past few weeks. This one seems appropriate today. Sovereign LORD, foolish we are, believing that we can rule...
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