Forgive us . . . as we forgive. Last week's prayer for forgiveness is not a stand alone prayer. It comes as a duet. We pray for...

Lisa looked at me with her big, sad eyes, lips quivering, face down, and asked, “Will you forgive me?” I melted. I don’t even remember...

Give us this day our daily bread. Is there anything more tantalizing that a slice of fresh baked bread slathered with butter? What the...

Have you ever struggled to accept God’s will? Have you ever treated it as something imposed upon you that you knew you should want, but...

We are territorial people. We don’t like it when someone throws trash into our yard, parks where our car belongs, sits at our desk, or...

I keep my mother’s china in a special place away from my everyday dishes. When I want to use it, I carefully remove one or two pieces at...

I can’t remember when I memorized the Lord’s Prayer or how it came about. The words roll out of my mouth without even thinking about...

I’ve told you what I believe about prayer; now let’s look at the flip side. Here are four things I don’t believe prayer is. 1. I don’t...

If prayer is only ritual or recitation, my best ideas rolled into a request, or depends on the right words to get the right result; I am...

When life has tumbled your around until you don’t know which side is up, when too many circumstances are outside of your control, when...

Who are you trying to please? I think we all agree that we need to please God first, that pleasing Him is in our best interest, that...

When spiritual stakes are high, when some fierce battle of choice rages, when I fear a person I love could turn the wrong way, I pray...

No prayer is more desperate than a prayer for healing, whether for yourself or for someone you love. I’ve prayed for healing for our...

If I could only pray one prayer for the rest of my life, I would choose this prayer! Search me . . . know my heart Test me . . . know my...

Can prayer make dreams come true? It depends on whose dreams they are! I discovered this prayer when I was single for longer than my...

How do you know when your work is finished? When you’ve put in your 8 hours? When you’ve turned the project over to someone else? When...

Plants need roots. Shallow tendrils won’t hold. Plants need aggressive, tunneling fingers that go deep and wide to support and supply...

How do you decide what is best? Flip a coin? Make a pro and con list? By what “feels” best? Pray about it? Of course we know the...