A Kentucky police officer will return to work after the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed that it will not formally discipline him for quietly praying the rosary in front of a Louisville abortion clinic last winter while off-duty. On February 20, 2021, before dawn on a Saturday morning, the officer quietly had prayed alone withContinue reading “Praying Can Get You Fired These Days”
Category Archives: Prayer
A Prayer for Today
Our Father in heaven, we love you. How can we but love you, for you are so worthy of our love. We look at the gods that men have invented and we can only conclude that none of them are worthy of love. They are small, they capricious, they are arbitrary, they are unfair, theyContinue reading “A Prayer for Today”
Why Prayers Go Unanswered
I was recently asked, “Why do you think some prayers are unanswered despite their heartfelt, sincere, and unselfish motives?” I don’t think we can know why God answers some particular prayers the way we want and not others, though we can know the two main goals God is working towards in and through our livesContinue reading “Why Prayers Go Unanswered”
Praying for Your Child’s Salvation
What We Can DoAlmost every night since they were babies, I have prayed the same prayer for my children: “Father, may they know you, love you, serve you, seek you, honor you, and delight in you all the days of their life.” It is a simple prayer for faith and a life of faithfulness. EveryContinue reading “Praying for Your Child’s Salvation”
Dialing Up God
You have been invited to speak to the God of the universe, the Almighty. Not just the mightiest, but the all-mighty. All power is his, and under his control. And he is the one who made you, and keeps you in existence. This God, the one God — almighty, creator, rescuer — speaks to usContinue reading “Dialing Up God”
Guaranteed Shame Relief
John 8:7-11 “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the womanContinue reading “Guaranteed Shame Relief”
You Kneed This
Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.” (Nehemiah 1:11) Father in heaven, we call upon You today. We know that YouContinue reading “You Kneed This”
Broken Prayers
All too often when we come to church, we have the tendency to put masks on. You walk in the building and when people ask you how you are doing, the answer is usually something along the lines of “doing great.” If you are in some church traditions, you might say “I’m blessed and highlyContinue reading “Broken Prayers”
Prayer for People Who Suck at It
Exasperated by my spiritual life, I thought about how little I prayed and felt no desire to do it. How can a spiritual leader suck so badly at prayer? This is a sobering question to ask oneself in ministry. What I didn’t realize at the time, and what no one told me, was that this was anContinue reading “Prayer for People Who Suck at It”
Barna Study of Online Prayer
With many churches and businesses finding that the only way to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic was to go virtual, a new study was conducted to observe American adults’ disposition toward online church services and the way America does church could be changing. The Barna Group conducted its newly released State of the Church surveyContinue reading “Barna Study of Online Prayer”
