“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…
Go Soaking? Just Joking.
A Month o’ Psalmdays
“So you were reading a psalm every day?” “Every day for a month.” “I’ve done that.” “No, I mean the same psalm.” “The same psalm? Every day for a month?”…
12 Answers in 1 Hour
Can you answer tough questions that friends/skeptics bring up? Nobody can know everything, sure, but it’s not that hard to dig into an issue that has come up in recent…
Paws to Worship
In cleaning out files, this piece surfaced—created years before I’d done much writing about sacred objects. I’d totally forgotten about both this Joan of Arc embarrassment and the cat-food recall.…
Same Old, Same Old
Certain ideas in the area of theology seem newly discovered (“we now know …”). Sometimes they’re billed as if no one was smart enough before now to figure things out.…