The Highest Form of Prayer
Once in a time of prayer, Julian heard the words, “I am the foundation of your praying”—words that greatly influenced her spiritual life. Because God grounds us in a good desire for his fellowship, Julian says, “We may ask from our Lover to have all of him that we desire.”
Featured June 19, 2022 (Original Dec 1992 )
Ready, Set . . . Wait?
Receiving the ongoing guidance and power of the Holy Spirit requires regular times of prayer and study, worship and silence. Richard Foster explains how Christian people today need our own version of “the Jerusalem wait” that preceded Pentecost.
Featured June 13, 2022 (Original Feb 1972 )
By the Help of the Almighty
Educator, painter, and abolitionist Sarah Mapps Douglass delivered this speech to encourage hearers to take on the cause of the slave as their own. She speaks “from blessed, heart-cheering experience” of inspiring, empowering reliance upon God.
Featured June 13, 2022 (Original Jul 1832 )
Defining the Charismatic Tradition: The Spirit-Empowered Life
“Frankly, there are no ‘noncharismatic Christians.” In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster validates supernatural spiritual gifts and reminds us that in exercising them the end goal must always be love and unity.
Featured June 5, 2022 (Original Oct 1998 )
New Fellowship
In a lecture given just days before his death, Thomas Kelly spoke about the marvelous kinship between those who know God’s abiding presence.
Featured June 2, 2022 (Original Jan 2025 )