The Other Lord’s Prayer

So, Jesus was in the habit of praying.
What about you?  How does praying work for you?  Do you have a set time?  A set place?  A set routine?  Or are you more free-form?!  More random?  Perhaps you’re someone who is constantly in prayer, moment by moment, as Paul the Apostle seemed to be.  How important is a regular prayer routine? … [To read more, click on the title]

Wrestling with God

Jesus tells a parable about a bothersome widow who seeks justice against her oppressor.   Day after day, the judge refuses to help her.  But she persists, tirelessly bothering the judge until he’s sick of her very presence: “I will grant her justice,” he says to himself, “so that she may not wear me out.  (In the Greek, “so that she won’t give me a black eye”!) … [To read more, click on title]