booksonprayingduringthe COVID-19pandemichasincreasedcompared to thepreviousyear.Baseduponalist of thesebestsellers, thenewspaperconcludesthatbooksonprayingarehardto findandthatourhouseshavestartedtobecomemore likemonasteries.The crisis of thepan-demichasindeedsparkedurgent questionsfor many:‘whatis themeaning...
Praying for your happiness And for your heart to heal I know you'll find your way And I'll be here quietly praying everyday For your joy for your peace For your love to never cease Though we're not meant to be I'll always wish the best for you and him And hope your heart will...
And the shy, tender God takes the bait. And she and holiness are won. And their child tumbles, wet and wild, into the wounded world to heal us with his stripes. ___ Advent Manna are short pieces taken from my writing over the years on the themes of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany....
The notion that the rule of God, the peaceable kingdom, the promise of wholeness for all people is a function, not of ridding the earth of evil, not of righting all injustice, not in overcoming human sin and limitation, but rather ourwillingnessto receive goodness and mercy into our being...
Acts of mercy are ministries of compassion, service, and justice that relieve suffering, feed the hungry, visit the imprisoned, and heal the sick. These we do in obedience to Christ. We serve others for the purposes of Christ. These are the personal and daily acts of service, kindness, ...
I often struggle with the question, “what is the biggest issue facing the country today?” This week I finally got it right: “sin,” is what I wrote. In Jesus’ own time, people wanted political change. Rome wanted to control the world, and the Jews wanted Rome to leave. The Jews...
patient can heal and become well again (or at least have an improved life) that comes with the motion of the taking of the medicine is just as powerful as the drug itself and has been documented for hundreds of years;it’s why people “pray” when it seems all hope for recovery is ...
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”–2 Chronicles 7:14 ...
to ‘Ezra, “We have acted treacherously toward our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples of the land. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Isra’el.3We should make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives, along with their children, in obedience to ...
Once a month my own family holds a prayer call via telephone. From Chicago, Colorado, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and around the country, McCaas chime in asking for guidance, appealing for the sick, entreating God to bless our family and heal our nation. ...