A Prayer for Perseverance
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
As runners from all over prepare for the New York City Marathon, I pray for their health and perseverance—and for all those tackling big goals.
Your Prayer at the Wailing Wall
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
Here’s your chance to have a prayer brought to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
Prayer: What If This Were Your Last Day?
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
It may sound a bit hysterical, but I mean the thought in the best, most positive, upbeat, good-news way possible. It’s a prayer that reminds me to treasure my day.
My Secret Prayer for My Sons
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
I pray I’m not being narrow-minded. I ask God to keep his fine eye on my two seekers. May they find what Providence means them to find.
Prayers for Job Seekers
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
Unemployment statistics are still discouraging, and yet I see an expression of hope in each prayer request we receive. Hope doesn’t just cave under discouraging statistics. Hope believes in a better future. Hope prays.
A Heaven-Sent Rainbow
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
Sometimes we experience those heaven-sent, gift-from-God moments, and they are their own reward.
Pray for a Stranger
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
I was having a late lunch when a stranger in a black jacket and a tie asked me, “What do you do when you feel stressed?”
Three Things the Bible Says About Prayer
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
In my prayer life I can get lost in the details. This book helps me see the big picture.
Leymah Gbowee and the Hard Work of Faith
By Rick Hamlin3 min read
In 2003 in Liberia she led thousands of women in protests. Now she is sharing the Nobel Peace Prize. Read what this remarkable woman has to say about prayer and faith.
A Husband’s Desperate Prayer (on His Wife’s Birthday)
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
We all know that prayer is a journey and reading the Bible is a spiritual journey, but shopping for your wife is a trip on a sinking ship through shark-infested waters.
My Most Invigorating Prayer
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
Eleanor Roosevelt’s favorite prayer may become one of yours, too.
A “Courageous” Film
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
I’m not a big crier at movies, but the tears started rolling about halfway through this one. Maybe because Courageous showed some things you don’t usually see in movies.
