Start in Private
Invisible? If nobody sees it, does it matter? Is it real? We live in an era of publicly-groomed lives. We carefully manage the image we reveal to the world. We…
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 moreWhen You’re Anxious about Praying – Book Review of “Flee, Be Silent, Pray”
How’s your spiritual life going? Do you think you don’t do enough? Don’t read your Bible enough? Don’t even pray enough? And if you get in the quantity, is your…
Read moreIs Christian Meditation Okay?
A Doctor’s Visit This isn’t why I meditate. But this happened. I was sitting across from my doctor in his office. We were discussing a small medical issue. He suggested…
Read morePeople We Lost in 2016 and Last Words
We lost a lot of people this year. Space pioneer John Glenn (95) Singers David Bowie (69), Prince (57), Glenn Frey (67) Boxing legend Muhammad Ali (74) Writer and Holocaust…
Read moreDo You Tell Everything? Three Questions to Ask
I keep a box in the top of my closet. It’s full of notebooks of intensely private journals, words meant for no one but me and my future self. But…
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