Pray to Do More Than Pray – Day 16 of Handmade
Pray I’m currently reading A Prayer for Owen Meany. I love my library copy. It’s soft and raggedy and well-used. Meaning, it’s been read again and again and again. I’m…
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“May love be stronger in me than the fear of the pain that comes with caring.” This isn’t a traditional book about prayer. It is a book of praying. Simple…
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He calls because he’s in deep pain. He doesn’t know what to do. I hear the desperation in his voice. I don’t know what to tell him. She calls because…
Read moreIf You Pray Well, You Live Well?
I Ain’t Scared I get uncomfortable. Anxious. Sometimes scared. It’s nothing new. Through the years I’ve resisted it. I’ve accepted it. I’ve worked on it. And I’ve prayed about it.…
Read moreThis Public Prayer Stirs Up Grace
A Different Request I can tell this Saturday will be different. The lead church-of-the-month—it alternates every month—isn’t here. A hiccup in plans. But Fran has made sure all the bases…
Read moreIs This a Throwaway Prayer?
Many of the words we say are throwaways. We talk to be talking. The content isn’t relevant or important. Just a blurb. Throwaway lines. But our prayers? Is there such…
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