A Prayer for Those Who Have Lost Their Muchness
In Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice in Wonderland, Alice is told repeatedly that she is not herself — that somewhere between childhood and adulthood, she lost something essential. The Mad Hatter names it ...
10 Jul 6min
A Prayer to See God’s Hope Reflected in Summer’s Light
Summer is the season of light. The sun rises early, stretches across long golden afternoons, and lingers well into the evening. On clear nights, bright stars fill the sky long after the sun has set. T...
9 Jul 7min
A Prayer Because You Don't Know How to Pray Anymore
Elijah had just called down fire from heaven. He had outrun a chariot. He had watched God show up in one of the most dramatic displays of power recorded in all of Scripture. And then, just a few verse...
8 Jul 7min
A Prayer When You Struggle with a Lack of God's Love
When you look back over everything that has happened — the health issues, the broken relationships, the fear, the disappointment, the things that simply did not work out — it is easy to find yourself ...
7 Jul 6min
A Prayer to Encourage Worship While You Wait
Anyone who has sat in a hospital emergency room knows the particular weight of that kind of waiting: filling out forms while in pain, watching others come and go, wondering when your name will be call...
6 Jul 6min
A Prayer When You Have Hit the Wall
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 holds one of Scripture's most paradoxical and liberating truths: when we are weak, then we are strong. God's power is not hindered by our limitations; it is perfected in them. Hi...
5 Jul 6min
A Prayer to Celebrate Our Nation's 250th Birthday
Two hundred and fifty years of American history is no small thing to celebrate. And as communities of faith mark this momentous milestone, there is a story worth telling and retelling: the story of a ...
4 Jul 6min
A Prayer to Be a Godly Wife
Marriage is one of God's most profound gifts, and it comes with a design that is both countercultural and deeply freeing when embraced with the help of the Holy Spirit. The picture offered in this epi...
3 Jul 6min
