A long time ago, I used to make New Year’s resolutions. They were mostly stupid. “I’m going to eat no more than 2200 calories a day.” “I’m going to the gym and workout every day.”…

Last post was about praying and then resting after you’re done. This one’s about the other end of it. What do you do first? What precedes your prayer? If you’re a music person . ….

I’ve always had this tension about prayer. Here’s the part I ‘get’ . . . Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1…

Imagine God at His typewriter. He uses a typewriter because He loves it . . . there’s no delete key because He never makes a mistake. No white-out. No correction paper. When He writes our…

C.S. Lewis, in his Letters to Malcolm . . . “Well, let’s now at any rate come clean. Prayer is irksome. An excuse to omit it is never unwelcome. When it is over, this casts a…

Okay, I’m going to be really, really honest with you. What I’m going to say, I’d like to keep this between us, okay? I’m trusting you here . . . I’ve had my doubts about…

With the goal of ‘emptying my bucket’ on the subject, here goes . . . 1. Some of my prayers, if answered, might not be in my best interest or in the best interest of…

Jesus says (in Mark 11:24) “I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.” We pray (granted with varying amounts of faith) and nothing…

Sixteen years ago today, this car (with my son inside) flipped multiple times through the median of Interstate 20 near Madison, Georgia. It came to rest ‘wheels down’ in the opposing lane. Hundreds of fans…

As I said last time, God has challenged me to be more immediate and bold in response to His unction to pray. Talking with my family, the consensus was “It’s hard . . . it’s…