by gardenspres | Sep 22, 2016
Our reflection on Jesus’ instructions on prayer in Luke 11:5 continued… Jesus said to his disciples, “Imagine that one of you has a friend and you go to that friend in the middle of the night. Imagine saying to that friend, loan me three loaves of...
by gardenspres | Sep 8, 2016
With this blog post we’ll begin a multi-week series looking at Jesus’ instructions on praying for others in Luke 11:5… Luke 11:5 “Imagine that one of you has a neighbor-friend and you go that neighbor-friend in the middle of the night. Imagine...
by gardenspres | Jul 20, 2016
Last Sunday we had an amazing time of congregational prayer during our monthly prayer lab. We prayed for our nation and our world in the midst of violence, hatred, racism, fear, mistrust, marginalization, polarization, and disunity. We together slowly and...
by gardenspres | Jul 8, 2016
Sometimes (actually most times) when I read or hear about the suffering and struggle in our world I find that my own words in prayer seem to come up short in my desire to express grief and sorrow and beg God break into our world and provide God’s healing by...
by gardenspres | Jul 7, 2016
As I last posted on this blog, when immediately faced with the news of the terror and tragedy in Orlando I could do nothing but sit in the silence of mourning and grief. Words seemed insufficient (and frankly still do). But certain words must be spoken…and in...
