Consolations and Desolations
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Recently at Grace, I talked about a spiritual practice called the Examen, a reflective prayer built around two polar sensations: consolations and…
Read the red and pray for the power!
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“Read the red and pray for the power.” These were the instructions that Dr. Fuchsia Pickett gave to our class when Jessica…
Luck is John Doe for God
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In response to challenges that answers to prayer are nothing more than coincidence, Bishop William Temple said, “When I pray coincidences happen,…
Morning Dedication (A Puritan prayer to start our day)
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Almighty God, as I cross the threshold of this day, I commit myself, soul, body, affairs, friends, to your care; watch over,…
The Lord's Prayer--three times daily
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The Didache (pronounced did-akh-ay’) is a first century document that captured and preserved the central teachings of Jesus Christ’s twelve apostles in…
A "yes" in disguise
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Aren’t you glad God sometimes says “no”? I don’t mean in the moment that we’re asking for something–when we’re fixated on something we desperately…
How to have a spiritual retreat
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“Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray.” (Luke 5:16) If Jesus did it shouldn’t we? If the Lord Himself “often” withdrew…
Do prayers for our country really make a difference?
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Do our prayers for America (or our home country) really make a difference? Today, is America’s National Day of Prayer, and, hopefully,…
His "yoke" is "easy"???
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In my city-fied adult life I haven’t spent much time around pairs of yoked oxen, but I can still relate to the…
Your easiest hour-long prayer time ever!!
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Hi everyone…I was praying for Grace Church in a particular way this morning and I wanted to pass my experience along to…
