Posts tagged “Prayer”
4 kinds of sins (and the 1 God prefers)
If you’re going to sin against God, make sure you sin against him in the right way. Obviously, God doesn’t want you to sin…
What I pray (almost) every morning
There’s a passage I pray almost every morning. I say “almost” because I’m not a morning person. Some mornings I wake up in a…
Your bucket list
Do you have a bucket list? My kiddos make one each summer, and we complete about 75 percent of it. Not bad, considering we…
Safe in God’s hands
We live in a near-constant state of panic for kids’ safety. Some schools have banned kids from playing tag, and all balls have to…
Sins of the sons
I know about pain that doesn’t go away. I wrote a book about it. I’m writing about it again, but not because of my…
How to switch from reacting to preventing suicide
I met her at the airport. Within a few minutes, the woman told me, “I’ve been at two funerals in the past two months—and…
Praying at our wits’ end
We hit our limits by getting ahead of ourselves: stretching, trying, straining, falling, adjusting, and trying again. We gain wisdom from overreaching. We learn…
Answer to prayer
Have you ever said that something was an “answer to prayer”? That phrase is freely used to refer to any number of situations where…
The more ideas we have for prayer, the better!
I had a headache. I was tired. I had worked that morning, been in the car for three hours, and attended my son’s eighth-grade…
When God doesn’t answer your prayers (the way you hoped he would)
As our family started talking about a summer vacation, we had one thing in mind: the blue-green water and flourlike sand of the Caribbean….
Worth the effort
Take a second and think about your prayer life. How’s it going? Do you find plenty of time for daily prayer, or do you…
Pray for your leaders
Whenever there’s a presidential campaign, based on the candidates’ promises, it seems as if we are all hoping for an earthly savior, one who…