Healing Prayer: Praying For Physical or Emotional Healing
Have you ever seen something that brought you distress or even traumatized you? Do you have any harmful images you’ve internalized that periodically come back to upset you?
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Healing Prayer: Praying For Physical or Emotional Healing
With Insights From Pastor Joe Johnson with Heart of the Father Ministries* Kristi and I were fortunate to receive instruction in healing and deliverance ministry…
Itching For Jesus? (My Painful Reaction to Poison Oak)
Recently I was trail running in the hills during a private retreat at the Prince of Peace monastery. It was a beautiful day and I…
Fear of the Dentist
Recently I was having tooth pain and needed dental work. Many people have a fear of the dentist. It’s no wonder why. Our teeth and gums…
Henri Nouwen’s Secret Journal
In Henri Nouwen's Dark Night he received pastoral counseling and kept a secret journal. Shortly before he died this was published as "The Inner Voice of Love." Here are some quotes and insights for pastors and ministry leaders.
Battling Chronic Pain
I talk with people who struggle with chronic pain. I’m in my fourth week of pain since having a nerve in my left hand injured by…
True and Perfect Joy (by St Francis)
St Francis experienced perfect joy. Many buy a statue of him, but few are prepared to imitate his devotion to Jesus Christ. Here's his story of perfect joy.
With a Broken Foot I Jumped into Jesus’ Arms
As a girl I dreamed of being in ministry for Jesus with my husband one day. I had really admired the pastor and his wife…
Small and BIG
“There are people who would want to help you if you’d let them.” That’s what I sensed God say to me in 2009 when Kristi…
Jesus is My Heaven
Recently I read a line from Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love that so warmed my heart with a longing to be close to Jesus…