Make Prayer Beautiful
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Mishearing the Voice of God
Bonus: Family Time Questions About Prayer
Getting Free of Something, But Then Having It Pop Right Back Up Again?
Thanksgiving for the Gift of Modern Medicine
Don't Pray Above Your Pay Grade
Processing Life Takes Time
Healing Prayer for the Recurring Stress Dreams
First Flight: What Looks Like Little More Than a Glorified Kite Went 120 Feet
Practicing with a New Prayer Tool
Praying Outside of My Comfort Zone
A Testimony of Provision
Helping the Brain Function Better
Happy Brainstorming Help to Think of a Name
Winning the Most Talkative Award in High School
The Mystery of the Missing Metric
An Unwelcome Question: "Are You the Kind of Person Who Does the Hard Thing You Have To?"
Three Interlocking Thoughts on Grief
Checking In with the Lord Every Six Minutes
How to Make Decisions with the Holy Spirit, Part 4
How to Make Decisions with the Holy Spirit, Part 3
How to Make Decisions with the Holy Spirit, Part 2
How to Make Decisions with the Holy Spirit, Part 1
The Mistake That Felt Like Death
In His Time, He Will Do It Swiftly
What Does It Mean to Feel the Presence of God?
A Bit About Praying in the Spirit
The Upside-Down Idea of Worrying with Jesus
Discipline: Sometimes Punishment, But Also Increasing Endurance
Looking at the Scorched Wasteland, Wishing for a Testimony to Hold Onto Hope
Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture
The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land
Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 3
Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 2
Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers
S6 Ep 81How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 6
Learning to live a life where the future is glistening with hope.
S6 Ep 80How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 5
The persnickety ways that God often doesn't answer in the obvious and apparent ways.
S6 Ep 79How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 4
Peter and the gold coin in the fish's mouth, the sphere where we are called, and the dream in our hearts.
S6 Ep 78How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 3
An unflattering story of my own season of magical thinking and presumptive prayers.
S6 Ep 77How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 2
Listening to the Lord, doing what he says, looking at the current places of favor, and using what's in your hand.
S6 Ep 76How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 1
Following the way of peace and praying the scriptures.
S6 Ep 75On Skipping Date Night, Checking the Phone on the Sabbath, and Generally Entering into a Life That Works for Me
Resisting the good advice that doesn't create peace.
S6 Ep 74Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living
Reflections on the importance of all three. (A theme I return to cyclically, it seems.)
S6 Ep 73No One, on Summiting a Mountain, Decides to Live There Forever
Thinking about mountaintop experiences.
S6 Ep 72Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man
When trying to be obedient feels incredibly stupid … do it anyway.
S6 Ep 71My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right
I have wondered this for several years, and had no language for it.
S6 Ep 70My Upsetting Dream in the Atlanta Airport … with a Sudden and Unexpected Turn
A reminder that, with the Lord, everything is entirely possible.
S6 Ep 69The Freedom to Have No Plan
Ten years ago, I couldn't have imagined the life I've lived. So maybe we walk with God and listen to his voice?
S6 Ep 68Fun New Considerations About Fasting
Stories and perspective from two faithful men of God.
S6 Ep 67What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking
Similar things to the plates on the counter, the boxers on the floor, the shoes by the front door….
S6 Ep 66How to Love Well?
We have a really smart friend who can help us with this.