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It gave me great joy recently to spend time with a couple hundred amazing women and talk about prayer. Prayer is one of those topics that pulls us together in a sense of community and it also gives us a chance to be close to God in real and personal ways. Sometimes we can pray […]
I’m speaking to a church group this month on the importance of “Prayer.” As I’ve been preparing for the talk, I’ve become more intrigued by what prayer is and what it does. For instance, “How do you pray without ceasing?” or “If God already knows all about my problems, why do I have to pray […]
This blog will be a slight departure from some of my inspirational themes, but today marks the eighth anniversary of the day Bruce and I put our lives together. I’m sharing the story because sometimes I can’t quite believe the way it happened. All I know is that we both agree God showed up in […]
I thought I’d begin September with one of my own prayer stories. It happened a few years ago when I was going through a particularly difficult time. I was scarcely able to find the ends, much less make them meet, and I often asked Jesus to walk with me in prayer. Those prayers were ones […]
Henri Nouwen, Dutch Catholic priest, professor, theologian, and writer offered us a beautiful picture of prayer. He said, “The image that best expresses the intimacy we share with God during prayer is the image of God’s breath. We receive a new breath, a new freedom, and a new life. This new life is the divine […]
Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. Romans 12:12, NIV Professor Trouble is an interesting teacher. He has a Ph.D. in Panic, hysteria, and Despair. He shakes us to the core and reminds us we are not in control. He leads us down the corridors of […]
I suspect we’ve all questioned whether or not God would show up right when we need Him most, or we may even question if He is too busy to hear our prayers at all. The fact is that sometimes, you need an immediate answer to a prayer, like the one I got a number of […]
In my prayer time, I often ask God to change me, to give me a bigger heart, and a greater understanding of what He wants me to be. I wrote this poem as a little reminder to myself. Perhaps parts of it will resonate with you too. Give me a heart To kindly see The […]
“He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” Micah 4:2, NIV Sometimes I question what God might want from me at this point in my life. I wrestle with those thoughts and wonder if I’m way short of the mark, or the goals He wanted me to achieve. […]
