It was early morning and I had broken sleep. I had not had my morning cup of coffee and I was walking not one, but two dogs, as Max was joined with his pal Marci. I felt like I was sleepwalking through the first half mile. I looked forward and saw a man in the … Continue reading The Yellow Shirt
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Gravity
I recently watched the movie ‘Gravity’ with Sandra Bullock. There was a moment in the movie when Sandra’s character was in real trouble. Much of the movie found her character trying to make her way back to Earth despite catastrophe after catastrophe, hardship after setback. At this point in the movie, it appeared as if … Continue reading Gravity
All the Louder
Everyone prays differently. Some people pray daily or almost daily. Some people are very repetitive. Some people rarely pray unless they are at the end of their rope. Some people only pray when things are going well or when things are going badly. The blind man sitting on the road prayed “all the louder.” There’s … Continue reading All the Louder
And Mean It
We often say things but do not mean what we say. We make promises we don’t keep. We give our word but do not keep it. Even when we pray, we simply recite words that we have said again and again. Tradition is great. I cherish many traditions; however, we need to be careful that … Continue reading And Mean It
A Hand of Prayer
I recently read of an interesting way to be intentional with prayer. A man named George Reindrop wrote in No Common Task about how a nurse taught a grumpy man how to pray. The nurse had each finger on her hands signify a person. Her thumbs reminded her to pray for the people that were … Continue reading A Hand of Prayer
