Recently, I watched the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much. In this movie, a family vacationing in Morocco accidentally becomes involved in a political assassination plot. There is a scene that is pivotal in moving the film to its’ classic "Hitchcock climax"...

After reading these verses, an immediate thought is “These three guys had the right amount of faith, prayed for God to save them, and their prayers were answered.” And they lived happily ever after. That can be the focus of my prayers too often. Comfort. “Lord, keep me...

My favorite author along with Henri Nouwen is Eugene Peterson. He impressed on me the idea of praying the Psalms. The book of Psalms can be used as a prayer book and a text for learning how to pray. I ran across an interview that explains. David Hardin: Eugene, why do you pick the Psalms...

Fasting is one of those things in the church that we do not talk about that much. Because of Jesus’ warning in Matthew 6:16-18, people that fast generally do not usually talk about it.  I was fortunately enough to have spiritual mentors that did talk about it.  So, for me, praying ...

Ahhh…the smell of Old Spice, the look of a rust-colored velour Lazy-Boy, and the feel of multi-level shag carpet. Although these images may only bring back casual memories of the ’70s for you…to me, they represent a very rich, meaningful, singular image from my ...