Make Prayer Beautiful

In His Time, He Will Do It Swiftly 17.04.2026 7:59 ↓

A testimony of a long-delayed, suddenly finished website. Celebrate happy colors with me! https://makeprayerbeautiful.com/

What Does It Mean to Feel the Presence of God? 16.04.2026 8:21 ↓

My experience, as best I can describe it, with a few more meditations.

A Bit About Praying in the Spirit 15.04.2026 8:37 ↓

Questions I needed answered. And a short primer on this topic: https://happybooks.me/tongues

The Upside-Down Idea of Worrying with Jesus 14.04.2026 8:42 ↓

What would happen if this amazing thing came to pass? How would I handle it?

Discipline: Sometimes Punishment, But Also Increasing Endurance 13.04.2026 4:30 ↓

What the scripture shows, along with a few reflections from my own life.

Looking at the Scorched Wasteland, Wishing for a Testimony to Hold Onto Hope 11.04.2026 5:02 ↓

But do you need a testimony in that area? Or is it enough to know that God is good?

Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture 10.04.2026 8:33 ↓

Contemporary dance in its beauty and emoting and confusion and magnificence.

The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land 09.04.2026 9:18 ↓

The privilege of adding another drop of prayer to the bowl in heaven.

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 3 08.04.2026 6:49 ↓

Basic deliverance refresher.

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 2 07.04.2026 8:25 ↓

Listen to the Lord and do what he says.

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers 06.04.2026 5:52 ↓

Get clear on your identity, and leave the accuser no footholds.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 6 04.04.2026 5:22 ↓

Learning to live a life where the future is glistening with hope.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 5 03.04.2026 8:26 ↓

The persnickety ways that God often doesn't answer in the obvious and apparent ways.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 4 02.04.2026 8:39 ↓

Peter and the gold coin in the fish's mouth, the sphere where we are called, and the dream in our hearts.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 3 01.04.2026 8:34 ↓

An unflattering story of my own season of magical thinking and presumptive prayers.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 2 31.03.2026 6:23 ↓

Listening to the Lord, doing what he says, looking at the current places of favor, and using what's in your hand.

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 1 30.03.2026 6:12 ↓

Following the way of peace and praying the scriptures.

On Skipping Date Night, Checking the Phone on the Sabbath, and Generally Entering into a Life That Works for Me 28.03.2026 7:37 ↓

Resisting the good advice that doesn't create peace.

Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living 27.03.2026 5:43 ↓

Reflections on the importance of all three. (A theme I return to cyclically, it seems.)

No One, on Summiting a Mountain, Decides to Live There Forever 26.03.2026 5:48 ↓

Thinking about mountaintop experiences.

Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man 25.03.2026 9:54 ↓

When trying to be obedient feels incredibly stupid … do it anyway.

My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right 24.03.2026 4:06 ↓

I have wondered this for several years, and had no language for it.

My Upsetting Dream in the Atlanta Airport … with a Sudden and Unexpected Turn 23.03.2026 6:42 ↓

A reminder that, with the Lord, everything is entirely possible.

The Freedom to Have No Plan 21.03.2026 4:35 ↓

Ten years ago, I couldn't have imagined the life I've lived. So maybe we walk with God and listen to his voice?

Fun New Considerations About Fasting 20.03.2026 8:36 ↓

Stories and perspective from two faithful men of God.