In the interest of encouraging others to participate in "group prayer," then, or in hopes of making it easier for believers to pray around or with other believers when they feel the need, here are some tips on solving the group prayer dilemma. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christianity
Book Review: James Martin’s Between Heaven and Mirth
A review of James Martin's Between Heaven and Mirth
Don’t Be Flaky
While I don't believe that Christians should live as slaves to clocks and schedules, so caught up in doing that we forget what we're about, I also believe that it's vital to our relationship with Christ and with others to be...well, reliable. God holds Himself accountable to His appointed times; why should we do any less? [Click title to read more.]
It’s Okay To Be Earnest
We live in a world of artifice, where more often than not genuine enthusiasm and passion for something - for anything! - can be interpreted as caring too much, as trying too hard, as not being critical/cynical/skeptical enough. Our culture maintains a healthy scorn for those it deems to be enjoying themselves too much. But Christians should be different. [Click title to read more.]
The Transformation Is Not Because Of You
You are not responsible for your own goodness. The person you are "after" Christ has everything to do with God, and very little to do with you at all. [Click title to read more.]
Praying For Certainties
Prayer illustrates the heart of a particular Christian tension: the gap between what God can do, and what we as believers think or know God will do. But as believers, we need to learn how to pray for certainties. [Click title to read more.]
You Don’t Own It
I've been a Christian for most of my life. I've grown to the point that I assume - wrongly - that I am consulting God about most things, and submitting to God in most things. In reality, probably 50% of the time I'm making assumptions about what God could and should do, based on what I want to happen and what I believe should happen. [Click title to read more.]
Seriously, Though, Stop Ignoring The Donkey
Don't we, as believers, often ignore or attempt to surpass real-world signals that point to a greater spiritual truth - even as we plead for God to speak to us? [Click title to read more.]
The Great Summer Book List
Looking for some summer book recommendations - let's make a list of them! [Click title to read more.]
Knowledge and Wisdom: Or, Five Gut-Check Questions For Christian Intellectuals
A love of learning and knowledge can also lead to particular pitfalls, temptations, and problems. In light of that, there are five questions I try to constantly ask myself to keep my path straight and my focus on God. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 