Prayer “often takes the form of importunity, passionate pleading to God, even wrestling with God. Such an attitude presupposes that God’s ultimate will is unchanging, but the way in which he chooses to realize this will is dependent on the prayers of his children. He wants us as covenant partners, not as automatons or slaves. [...]

Please check out this site my friend Clarke Kennedy is building: prayaroundtheworld.com. Here is part of the description of what the sight is for: This site is a tool for the body of Christ around the world. It is designed to equip individuals, churches, organizations, families, and communities with a very simple but powerful way [...]

We had a fascinating and diverse group of people into our home for our mid-week prayer meeting. Several ethnic groups were represented: Chinese, Malaysian, African, Serbian, and Iraqi. The reason for this diversity is that Chui Hea Hill (of Malaysian descent) has a wonderful ministry to refugees. She and her husband work with World Relief, [...]

Someone recently told a friend of mine a story of how God changed his life. He was addicted to meth. Several years into using it every day, he gave his life to Christ. But he continued to struggled with it for years. One night, while wrestling with God about it, he realized that had really [...]

“I suspect I have sometimes used spiritual disciplines as smoke signals to get God’s attention. Now I am learning they are ways of letting him capture mine.” – Carolyn Arends

I hit the ground running when this Fall semester started at ASU. I’m not sure I’ve been able to really get my feet under me since. Its that busy, frantic, one-step-behind feeling, when everything you do is because you “have to.” I have determined, though, that I refuse to live this way. Jesus said, “Come [...]