To embark on a sojourn of prayer is to follow God where ever He leads. Prayer is the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. As such, it is as Richard Foster speaks of it in his book The Celebration of Discipline, the “central avenue” through which God transforms us. To follow God …
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The Beauty of the Ashes: A Change of Position
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 95:6 Repentance is a major theme of the season of Lent. One of the best ways for me to show my repentance before God is to change my position. Yes, I mean literally change my position before Him. …
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The Beauty of the Ashes: A Poem for the beginning of Lent
For the beauty of the Ashes, For the glory they once revealed, In these no words could ever capture, God’s highest work in me He sealed. For the beauty of the love that fills the world, Even though in anguish with devils filled, Let not my heart ere be defeated, For all is thus, …
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Always Beginning
It's usually not a good thing to constantly feel like a beginner. After all, who wants to be a beginner forever. That would be kind of like staying in Kindergarten forever. I want to always be going deeper into whatever I'm learning. But, there's one subject of which I've figured out I will always be …
