Helping Children Notice God
Lacy Finn Borgo offers practical steps adults can take to help children notice God’s presence and to draw them deeper into the goodness, beauty, and truth of the with-God life.
We Never Outgrow Asking
Adoration or contemplation may seem nobler than asking God for something. But Richard Foster kindly insists that petition isn’t a lower form of prayer—it’s our staple diet.
Lean Toward Love
Françios Fénelon explains how staying engaged in the Divine conversation, even when we don’t feel like it, forms stability in our relationship with God.
Turning Your Thoughts into Prayers
“What do we pray? Whatever piece of God’s will we understand.” Jan Johnson shows how praying without ceasing need not be complicated.
Hints for How to Pray
Richard Foster comments: “When I read [Buttrick], I want to pray. Many authors help me understand prayer; few help me practice it.” These practical suggestions from the great preacher George Buttrick help us enter into prayer as friendship with God.
I Keep You Fully and Completely Safe
If we only knew how God feels toward us, we would run to him with complete trust even when we fall. Julian of Norwich shares the truth God showed her about his longing to enfold us and restore us in his love.
Prayer Journaling: Styles and Examples
When we consider prayer journaling, it helps to look for praiseworthy models to emulate. Examples from Augustine, Julian, and Pascal display a few different styles of engaging in the divine conversation.
The Invisible Nature of the Spiritual
Richard Foster explains that spiritual reality is hidden from us “until we want to see it . . . want to see it with all our hearts . . . long for it like the deer longing for flowing streams (Ps. 42:1).”
The Role of Temptations
Classics of Christian devotional literature are marked by clarity and profound simplicity. This excerpt from The Imitation of Christ is no exception. It offers practical and timeless advice for dealing with harmful desires.
Disturb Us, Lord
They say scripture “disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed”—a dynamic evident in the with-God life. James Catford introduces a poem on that topic by the great explorer Sir Francis Drake.