Category Prayer

Many of us need to be more honest about prayer. We need to tell the truth. We're not very good at it. We doubt and question its effectiveness, wondering if it does any good at all, all the while putting…

I asked my spiritual director (yes, I have a spiritual director) how you revitalize your prayer life. She gave me these three tips: "Embrace the season in which you find yourself." We have been talking a lot about the personal…

Seth posted on his blog this morning a response to critics of listening prayer. The main area of contention for most who have an issue with this type of prayer the assumed undermining of scriptural authority. They wonder, "Is hearing…

I need to pray more. Plain and simple. Maybe you do, too.  I've realized, due to some recent conversations, that I am not the only one who assumes when I am praying privately that God just hears my thoughts and…