You people are something. Seeing how people are continuing to fill those prayer shifts while we’re in California is a great blessing to Sharon and me. As we attend seminars and listen to speakers talk about “the church,” we realize that BRC is a very special place. You are never very far from our hearts [...]
As we continue this 24/45 prayer journey, there are a couple of hard core questions that we hopefully won’t avoid asking ourselves. Having received God’s welcome and his embracing love in that prayer tent, have we had the courage to ask him if there are any unconfessed sins in our lives; if there is anything we are doing right [...]
This morning I’ve got another quote for you from Frank Laubach. He wrote this at a time when he was without his family and feeling very much alone. It fits what many of us have experienced in the prayer tent, but also encourages us to turn our homes and even our minds and bodies into this [...]
For our consistory devotions this year, I’ve asked our elders and deacons to simply read a short passage of Scripture — twice. Lynn B. read part of Psalm 62:
This next Sunday I will be talking about how surrendering to the will of God is critical for walking with God. Today I want to quote another meaty passage from Frank Laubach’s Letters by a Modern Mystic:
During worship on Sunday I said that I hoped each of us would hit “the wall” during this 24/45 prayer journey. I didn’t mean the endurance sort of “wall” that marathon runners hit at the 17th or 18th mile (though we may have to deal with that wall as well). What I meant was the particular wall [...]
Last week I talked about the mystery of the cross as well as the mystery we call “Jesus.” Given the 24/45 prayer journey we’re on, it seems appropriate to say something about the mystery of prayer.
Like most people, I have lots of questions about prayer: Why is prayer necessary? What’s the best way to pray? [...]
I admit to being attracted to Celtic music. I especially appreciate Celtic prayers, like this one:
I bind unto myself this day
the strong name of the Trinity.
Some of us have been hesitant to sign up for a shift in the prayer tent. We feel daunted by the prospect of praying for a whole hour, or we feel intimidated by the space itself. Or we wonder if we’re holy enough or spiritually mature enough.
Yesterday I talked about the mystery of the cross. But the cross points to an even greater mystery. Its name is “Jesus.”
“Who do the crowds say I am?” Jesus poses this question to his disciples at about the half-way point in each of the first three gospels. The disciples respond by saying that Jesus is [...]
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