This past Sunday morning I was listening to “Interfaith Voices” on NPR and heard an interesting interview with Anne Lamott. She talks about her book, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. How does that sound to you? Does it capture … Continue reading
Please allow me a moment today to share a thought on prayer from Laurence Freemen, Think of prayer as a great wheel. The wheel turns our whole life to God……. The spokes of the wheel represent different types of prayer. We pray in … Continue reading
The other day these words of Barbara Brown Taylor came my way and got me thinking, To say I love God but I do not pray much is like saying I love life but I do not breathe much. The only way … Continue reading
I first heard of Frederick Buechner many years ago and remember thinking I should read his books. I found one, started reading it and soon stopped. For whatever reasons, I could not follow his writing and could not understand him. A few days … Continue reading
Last week I came across this article on prayer. I invite you to notice how ancient prayer practices have modern day effects even with some of our youngest. Let Us Pray – by Melanie Gordon “What does prayer look like? How do … Continue reading
Well … we made it through Lent … and then Easter Sunday and now it’s over and we can rest. Anyone feeling that way this week? A lot of us were very busy during these past weeks and for many … Continue reading
The past few weeks I have been thinking about when we prayer together and recently these remarks by Thomas R. Steaglad from A House of Prayer: The Power of Praying in Community found their way to my inbox, Why do so … Continue reading
The other day I came across this from Madeleine L’Engle, “To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.” Sometimes we … Continue reading
If I am counting correctly tomorrow brings us to the 20th day of Lent. We are essentially half-way through. How has it been? What have you been doing? What have you not been doing? What have you been noticing? What … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I came across a mention of a book by Ruth Bell Graham, Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, and was intrigued by the title. Then a few days later in a used book store, there it … Continue reading
