SubscribeEmbracing this season of change with prayer (0)
10/12/11 •
During one of my walks recently, I strolled among the gardens at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Northeast Washington. It is one of my favorite spots for a quiet prayerful walk. There was more activity on Saturday than I cared for but the visitors were generally subdued in their conversations, so I could still [...]
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When we think God says no… (0)
9/29/11 •
I have been praying hard for the last couple of weeks while trying to make something happen that I needed to happen in a right-now-Lord kind of a way. A couple of times I came at the Lord like the stubborn widow in the Bible parable who pestered the unjust judge so much that he just threw [...]
Praying for Troy Davis and for the two faces of justice (1)
9/21/11 •
In places near and far today people are praying for Troy Davis, the death row inmate who is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. tonight in a Georgia prison. With one last ditch appeal filed this morning, nothing short of a miracle is expected to save Troy Davis’s life now. Pray. Ben [...]
Soaking rains and prevailing prayer (2)
9/14/11 •
When I look out my window or walk outside, I cannot help but notice the lush color of the grass and trees surrounding me. The begonias in my window boxes, which weeks ago were in a heat induced coma and grasping for life, are now full and thriving. Most of the other flowers in the [...]
Everyday Inspiration from Sonsyrea (1)
9/07/11 •
It was more than a mid-life crisis that drove me there. I took a trip to the Six Flags amusement park near me for several reasons. For starters, I wanted to celebrate the end of the summer season and the end of a particularly challenging season in my personal/professional life. Also, I dreamt that I [...]
