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September 18, 2020 Sustainable Love But like so many things in the spiritual life, love can’t simply be willed. At least not very well nor for very long. It has to be grown. And prayer is the garden where love is cultivated.

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June 23, 2023 Petition Is Purified by Petition God doesn’t withhold from us to be cruel, or wait to answer until our hearts and requests are flawless. In fact, “withholding” is probably the wrong word altogether. The process of asking and…

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May 5, 2023 Anointed The term anointed, while debated and misunderstood, is still the best word I know for someone with the gift of making room for the presence of God. This anointing seems to be given to people who…

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February 17, 2023 Discovering Lilias Trotter This doesn’t mean we abandon the gifts God gives us. Miriam Rockness noted that Lilias didn’t throw art away to immediately become a foreign missionary. After Ruskin’s offer, she remained in England…

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June 10, 2022 Power Behind some of our hesitation, perhaps, is the idea that walking in the power of God must be dramatic or abrasive. But true power, healthy power, godly power is humble and often comes in an…

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June 19, 2020 Soul-Deep Bellow An African-American pastor and worship leader with a powerful voice, Donn stood up in that moment and did something no one present will soon forget. Head tilted back, he released a soul-deep bellow,…

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December 6, 2024 Heightened Awareness

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April 28, 2023 When You Can’t Simply ​“Snap Out of It” Memorizing a psalm—like Psalm 23—and bringing its words and images to mind has a powerful shaping effect on us. And that power increases when it's also on our lips. When I say aloud, He restores my…

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July 15, 2022 The Pace of Jesus As with any good principle that becomes popular in certain circles, I’m concerned that “ruthlessly eliminating hurry” becomes something we love to talk about but rarely live into.

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May 1, 2020 Honest Self-Examination Minus the Shame When sin is the focus of our self-examination, despair follows. But when we, guided by the Holy Spirit, look honestly at our sin while maintaining focus on Jesus—on his presence and love toward…

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April 3, 2020 Awakening and Lament Holy Week is upon us, and never more have we needed a God who is intimately acquainted with human suffering.

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December 20, 2019 Long Obediences What makes for a long obedience is a bunch of daily obediences one after the other, like stones laid for a walking path. Our job is to stay attentive to the Architect who rather suddenly can disrupt…