If I Should Wake Before I Die

In graduate school, I took a course in Chinese philosophy. The Buddhist monk who taught the course said to me, "As a Christian, you teach your children ...

Where's the Fire?

Some men's prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle.

Wholehearted Prayer

So anything that is to be done well ought to occupy the whole man with all his faculties and members. As the saying goes: he who thinks of many things ...

Prayer for Understanding

Grant me, O Lord, an understanding heart, that I may see into the hearts of thy people, and know their strengths and weaknesses, their hopes and their ...

After this Manner

To say to God

"Our Father"

Is wondering gratitude,

Is ardent venturing awe,

Is humble penitence,

Is reverential praise,

Is endless fellowship,

Is all-committing ...

The Penalty of Not Praying

The penalty of not praying is the loss of one's capacity to pray.

Communing With God

If you've made a habit of communing with God when the sun is shining, you'll find it much easier to sing in the rain.

Skepticism Gets in the Way

Skepticism gets in the way of prayer. It can create barriers in my intimacy with God.

Anorexic Christians

Christians must remember that prayer is like the mortar that holds the bricks together, or the quiet pauses in a symphony. Without the mortar everything ...

To Live in God's Presence

The most holy practice, the nearest to daily life, and the most essential for the spiritual life, is the practice of the presence of God, that is to find ...