The Scariest Prayer You Can Pray
“How open are you to humiliation?” my pastor asked me.
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Pour Out Your Guts
“I want someone to worship me,” said Allen…
The New Lonely
We can each name half a dozen songs about being alone in a crowded room, or maybe while sitting next to a lover, but is that really loneliness?
Letter to an Atheist
It sounds weird for me to tell you to pray, because to you, it may seem like speaking words into an empty room…
Experiments in Glory
Your body was in my arms but you were not.
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one
who feels distant from God
more often than near?
Intimacy Part 4: Wrestling with a Quiet God
I stood by the Light Rail tracks waiting for my train into downtown Denver, wondering if I still believed inContinue Reading
Intimacy Part 2: Loneliness
The cure for loneliness has little to do with our external circumstances and almost everything to do with the weather going on inside of us. Michael Cusick describes it this way: “When you are empty, being alone with yourself is almost always a scary thing. But when you are full, it’s almost always a joy—like being with a good friend.”
Exercise, Part 1: Weights and Worship
So, for the past year or so, God has been showing me many illustrations for the spiritual life of aContinue Reading
David’s Back
We stood outside the biggest club in Chicago with a pizza box sign that read Free Prayer. The first manContinue Reading