The Discipline of Prayer

Prayer is one of those paradoxical items in the spiritual life, in that it is amazingly simple yet mysteriously complex.  From the time we are little children we are taught how to pray and we often pray for those things that concern us.  But to pray God’s thoughts after Him, to persevere when we cannot see His answer, to know how to pray in any given situation and to pray expectantly, with faith, believing we have already ...

The Ultimate Giving Experience

In November 2004, Barb and I took our son, Nathan, to Philadelphia for his semi-annual doctor's appointment at the Family Hope Center.  While there, I was a bystander to one of the conversations that leaves your mind full of conflicting thoughts and your heart experiencing a range of emotions  Late on a Tuesday afternoon we met a young couple from Texas who had brought their 3 month old infant to the clinic for a neurological ...


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