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Asking Mary for Directions
I don’t know about you, but I need to turn on my GPS to get just about anywhere I’ve never been before—and oftentimes, to places I’ve visited multiple times before.…
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How I Used the Psalms to Get Real With God
When I was learning to pray as an adult, the woman who mentored me suggested that I pray with a psalm every day, starting at Psalm 1 and working my…
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Is Praying for Others a Waste of Time?
Spending your prayers on strangers: Isn’t that wasteful? I find it relatively easy to pray for those I love or those who have asked for my prayers. But, have…
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How God Uses Our Poverty
The other night, I went into my weekly holy hour slot entirely spent. On this particular night, despite feeling completely spent and alone with my exhaustion, frustrations, and poverty, I…
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What is a Rule of Life?
In recent years, many Christians, especially evangelical Protestants, have discovered the power and beauty of living according to a prayerfully chosen “rule of life” (see, for example: You Are What…
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How Can I Pray at All Times?
In a number of places in the Bible, we are exhorted to pray to God without ceasing (Luke 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:18, to name a few). But how…
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Becoming Like Jesus, Becoming More Myself
What does it mean to be holy? “Becoming like Jesus” is a great description of holiness, but would you believe there’s even more on offer than that? The early…
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Pentecost Still Happens
A few years ago, I trained a group on how to pray for people (intercessory prayer). Then, we gathered to pray for whatever the Lord put on our hearts. The…
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How Can I Celebrate the Easter Season?
Easter is here! Celebrate! Feast! But why? What is so uniquely great about Easter? You might reply, “The forgiveness of our sins through Jesus’ death and resurrection.” …
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Does God Forget Our Sins? The Reality is Even Better
I was standing in line for Confession, and out of the blue, someone turned to me and asked me, “Does God forget our sins?” I tried to reply, “Well, forgetting…
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