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on conversation with God.

Our sense of how conversation should happen is that we say something and immediately the other person says something. When we are face-to-face it happens in seconds. Though often, we don’t hear words in seconds. We walk a long distance without words with a friend, knowing that silence is part of the conversation as well. […]

by Jon Swanson

thinking about prayer while waiting for a post.

I never know how long to pray about things. I’m often not sure exactly how to pray. The other day, Hope and Nancy and I were talking about this question, about what to pray for in a particular health situation. Hope and some of her friends had been discussing it at great length. I laughed. […]

by Paul Merrill

A different way to talk with God

God loves to hear us, like any good father. We’ve often heard it said that the model for how to talk with God is The Lord’s Prayer. In Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus taught his closest followers to pray. That way of praying is a good guide to use, most of the time. But David often prayed […]

by Jon Swanson

Can I take that toilet paper?

“Can I take some of that toilet paper,” my friend said, “or do I need to go buy some?” That was the request when I walked in our outer office. My friend needed several rolls of toilet paper for a children’s activity. Perfectly appropriate need. A black garbage bag with rolls of toilet paper, paper towel, […]

by Jon Swanson

On setting prayer goals.

I asked our Saturday night group to think about some goals for 2013. I decided to talk with you about that exercise as well. I said, “I know that sometimes some people have a hard time setting goals, especially when it comes to God-related things. But what if we talked about having some prayer goals?” […]