When my prayer life gets relegated to time in the car between errands, I know my schedule is jammed past capacity. Can I pray in my car (or in the shower, or any other place I happen to find myself alone for a few minutes)? Of course! But if those quick snatches of time are... Continue Reading →
Restoring Power
When I reached my last milestone birthday, my gift was to trade in our trusty silver mini-van, in which my husband and I had raised and carted around our five children and logged 235,000 miles, for a shiny red sports car. It was a lot prettier and had a whole lot more power! The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines... Continue Reading →
Building Your House of Prayer, Part 4: Rooms
In my own house—the one I live in, I mean—I go into different rooms to do different things, according to the different needs of our household. I go into the kitchen to prepare food, and the dining room to eat it. I spend time with family and friends in the living room. I sleep in... Continue Reading →
Building Your House of Prayer, Part 3: Atmosphere
Even a cursory reading of Scripture should assure us that the world we live in has two realms—a physical realm and a spiritual realm. We might say that the natural one is material and the other realm is invisible or spiritual. But just because we can’t see the spiritual realm doesn’t make it any less real. It... Continue Reading →
