Let Us Pray
On the off chance you’ve not seen this already: We need to be aware of what shapes public conception of our religion. Even when it hurts.
Tag Archives: prayer
Please pray for me
I guess the story of my life is a complicated one; the good news is I’m not going to share it all here But this blog unveils a very small piece of the story. The cold stats of my postings … Continue reading
Pretending
How many kinds of wrong can we see in the news today? How about this for a start? Let’s start with wrong theology. On Thursday Neumann, who is 47 and studied in the past to be a Pentecostal minister, said … Continue reading
Transformation
This is the second piece inspired out of a course on prayer that I’ve been taking. The first is here. “If nothing changes, things stay the same.” (I love tautologies; they’re so true. This is my favorite flavour of Einstein’s … Continue reading
Dodging Spiritual Snake oil
I’m trying to work through some material on prayer that I’ve been reading for the past couple months. It’s dynamite stuff, and it’s something I desperately want to be able to communicate clearly. Consider this a faltering attempt to lay … Continue reading
What are you (am I) after?
Chris Blattman goes on the war path against egocentric aid. It seems that motivation matters. There’s a straightforward counter-argument to this that says, “It doesn’t matter what your motivation is so long as you do good stuff.” I might agree … Continue reading