Make Prayer Beautiful

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.

What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking 19.03.2026 6:22 ↓

Similar things to the plates on the counter, the boxers on the floor, the shoes by the front door….

How to Love Well? 18.03.2026 6:44 ↓

We have a really smart friend who can help us with this.

A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround 17.03.2026 8:23 ↓

Such a fabulous testimony!

The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too 16.03.2026 10:19 ↓

Enter into the freedom to enjoy God, whether in silence or in action.

Does Everyone Have an Anointing? Are Some Anointings Larger Than Others? 14.03.2026 6:40 ↓

Contemplating questions based on unusual experiences.

You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy? 13.03.2026 3:41 ↓

Continuing adventures in figuring out what we offer clients with Workplace Prayer. (See https://workplaceprayer.com.)

Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches 12.03.2026 8:50 ↓

The need to close any open doors. And the book Sudden Onset Headaches : https://happybooks.me/headaches

Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command 11.03.2026 6:59 ↓

Entering into the awkwardness of the natural give-and-take of relationship.

John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing 10.03.2026 8:14 ↓

Prepare the way of the Lord.

The Emotions of an Intercessor 09.03.2026 6:36 ↓

Laughter, tears, holy awe: yay for the feeler gift!