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Wednesday

The gospels are silent about how Jesus spent Wednesday before his crucifixion. What invitation might we find in paying attention to the details and the mysteries of this day?
Toni Pate
Toni Pate
April 11, 2022
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The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor

When we learn to imitate those who model a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeavor there is no one better to observe, Chris Hall writes, than King David.
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
Featured April 8, 2022 (Original Mar 2018 )
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Written Prayer

Richard Foster explains how reading the prayers of others as our own connects us to the community of faith, revives our conversation with God, and moves us into a posture of holy listening and holy obedience.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured April 8, 2022 (Original Oct 1996 )
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Our Glimpse of Eternity Humbles Us

Evelyn Underhill’s handwritten collection of prayers for leading retreatants into corporate worship was thought to be lost. Robyn Wrigley-Carr recounts her discovery of this treasure and explains how it connects today’s readers with “the gifts of historical prayer warriors.”
Robyn Wrigley-Carr
Robyn Wrigley-Carr
April 4, 2022
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Understanding Submission

How does Jesus call us to follow him not only to a “cross death” but a “cross life”? How can we only be truly free when we are captives of the Lord? Richard Foster introduces us to the spiritual discipline of submission.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured April 1, 2022 (Original Oct 2014 )
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Reform our Deformed Lives

This prayer from the book Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann helps us boldly open ourselves to God’s liberating, healing, reforming grace.
Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann
Featured April 1, 2022 (Original Jan 2025 )
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The Purpose of Fasting

In this excerpt from Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster helps us see that “fasting must forever center on God. It must be God-initiated and God-ordained.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured March 31, 2022 (Original Dec 1977 )
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To Will One Thing

Søren Kierkegaard’s prayers and the accompanying exercises from Devotional Classics help us learn to seek God’s agenda ahead of our own.
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Featured March 22, 2022 (Original Jun 2005 )
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Sinking into the Will of God

François Fénelon offers insight into what it means to truly surrender to God. He advises caution, lest we make submission an achievement, rather than a journey toward the peace of sinking into God’s will.
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
Featured March 22, 2022 (Original Jan 2025 )
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A Lifestyle of Discernment

How do we walk through this life with our eyes and ears open to God and hearts tuned to God’s desires? Steve Macchia uses a familiar scripture to illustrate how we can cultivate a life of noticing, listening, and responding—a discerning life.
Steve Macchia
Steve Macchia
Featured March 21, 2022 (Original Mar 2022 )