Make Prayer Beautiful
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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.
S6 Ep 65A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround
Such a fabulous testimony!
S6 Ep 64The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too
Enter into the freedom to enjoy God, whether in silence or in action.
S6 Ep 63Does Everyone Have an Anointing? Are Some Anointings Larger Than Others?
Contemplating questions based on unusual experiences.
S6 Ep 62You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy?
Continuing adventures in figuring out what we offer clients with Workplace Prayer. (See https://workplaceprayer.com.)
S6 Ep 61Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches
The need to close any open doors. And the book Sudden Onset Headaches: https://happybooks.me/headaches
S6 Ep 60Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command
Entering into the awkwardness of the natural give-and-take of relationship.
S6 Ep 59John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing
Prepare the way of the Lord.
S6 Ep 58The Emotions of an Intercessor
Laughter, tears, holy awe: yay for the feeler gift!
S6 Ep 57Use What's in Your Hand
Who wants the Provisioner Anointing?! (Everyone should!)
S6 Ep 56The Surprising Gift of Being the Slave of the Lord
Sleep easy at night!
S6 Ep 55Reframing the Idea of the Yoke That's Easy
Because the word isn't the word used for a yoke of oxen….
S6 Ep 54On Not Being Relationally Dysfunctional with the Lord
We get to talk to him all day long! Yay!
S6 Ep 53Would You Prefer to Go to Coffee with Someone for Their Character or Their Personality?
A question from the Lord with an interesting insight. (Fabulous, fabulous story.)
S6 Ep 52When Not to Sit Front and Center
A and B students sit in the first two rows in college … but the Lord can also direct.
S6 Ep 51How to Discern When It's Spiritual Warfare or Your Own Sinfulness?
I love this question!
S6 Ep 50Telling the Truth, Not Telling Everything, and Refusing to Take Responsibility
A few more thoughts on praying for healing.
S6 Ep 49When Not One of the Paths Open Before You Is a Happy Path
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the need to hear for oneself.
S6 Ep 48Refusing the Prayers for Resurrection
Because what's coming is actually beyond imagining.