
When It Comes to Prayer… Failure Is Not an Option
It’s the only human endeavor I can think of where trying is doing.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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It’s the only human endeavor I can think of where trying is doing.

There was a parade in New York yesterday, and it made me want to exclaim a prayer of “Thanks” and “Rejoice”…

We plan, we hope, we expect, we yearn. But in the end, “Only the Father knows.”

On the basis of just one letter we became email and prayer pals…

Sure, household chores can be tiresome and exasperating, but just like prayer, doing them takes me right out of myself.

The one prayer God never answers is “Please, let nothing change.”

So when do we pray for God’s will? When to relinquish?

How do you keep ahold of your faith when you’re feeling rotten?

See if you can match these scenes up with the correct Bible quote. I bet you can…

This was not going to be one of those church suppers where we’d need to pray for a loaves and fishes miracle…

All weekend long, I was delighted to see my prayers translated into American Sign Language…

When I'm going through a difficult time, I think of a prayer I read years ago and turn to again in the pages of a well-thumbed book.
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