Recently, a friend secretly prayed to God as his Mother. “My church wouldn’t understand,” he lamented. What do you think? Is it important to view God as Father? Do you appreciate femininity in God? Would you ever pray to God as “heavenly Mother”? My Ph.D. dissertation was on our image of God. I interviewed hundreds…
Let’s admit it. At times we all feel like prayer is a duty. We know we should pray more than we do, but sometimes it feels like a chore that wearies us. But prayer can be drinking in an unceasing flow of divine life! Madame Jeanne Guyon says this is true in seasons of consolation…
Our greatest need is to be connected in loving relationships, but often we experience disconnects with people we were counting on. Rejection. Anger. Judgment. Being overlooked. These are examples of relational ruptures that hurt our heart and misshape our soul — especially in childhood. Increasingly as we grow up we contribute to the damage. (Relationships…
John Wesley was known as a man of prayer. He began every day in prayer. He continued “instant in prayer” all day long. Prayer was his intimacy with God and his peace and power for daily living. People observed John Wesley coming out of his closet of prayer and glowing with the light of Christ!…
“St Francis’ Prayer Inspired By the Our Father” is one of his best writings, but it’s little known. It’s based on his meditation of the Lord’s Prayer.
Could a prayer change your life? This little one could ignite your heart for Christ as it has mine. The other day on my Sabbath, I sat on a rock by a stream for hours praying the Lord’s Prayer with Martin Luther. His barber asked him how he prayed and he wrote him a letter…