Pastors

This month, let's consider the spiritual practice of prayer. Prayer not as ritual but as a means to relationship; as conversation initiated by the Holy Spirit, in which our primary role is to listen.

If silence is "weird," why do we want to engage in it at all, much less make time for it as a spiritual practice?

The quote here reminds us that we really do matter, and being our best gives glory to God.

Little Josh wanders the three-year-old room at Promiseland, stopping first at the art station to color a picture of Jesus, which he embellishes with a few lines and circles meant to be Thomas the train.

Summer is never endless when you're an adult. It seems like you blink and it's gone.

The beginning of the school year marks, at many churches, the beginning of a new season of ministry. Children get "promoted" to the next grade level—which in the church I grew up in, was a big deal.

The horizon—the color of ashes—promises a storm. The muddled snow, which had been melting, is arrested by the returning cold.

When you hear the phrase "spiritual practice," or "spiritual discipline," what comes to mind?

Last night, I awakened several times to rain pounding on the roof. Early this morning, unable to sleep, I went to the basement to check on things.

Spring brings a change of wardrobe, typically. Lighter, shorter, brighter.