Confession: I tend to cringe during the prayer times of small groups. Why? In my experience, the prayer requests almost totally relate to health issues—and are detailed, unedited reports. Example:…
Lord, Please… Oops
Category: prayer
Go Soaking? Just Joking.
“Soaking prayer,” which became trendy some years back, is billed as resting/soaking in the presence of God/the Holy Spirit. Sometimes actual prayer (that is, talking to God) is involved, but…
“Ask the Holy Spirit to Tell You?”
I’ve written before on the general topic of “Ask God to Tell You?” What triggered this new post was an instruction I read for making an Oikos map. I’d not…
Psalm 18 … a WOW Prayer!
I’ve become very familiar with Psalm 18 over the past few years. Though David in Psalm 18 was praying against human enemies (who were, of course, aiding the dark side…
Prayer—Two Extremes
Could there be any more widely separated extremes than what we’re seeing in reactions to public prayer? Back in 2015 (though I only just learned of it early in 2023),…