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The Appetite for God in the Psalms

The most valuable thing about the Psalms, thought C.S. Lewis, is the way in which they express an utter delight in God. In his...

Chronic Illness and Prayer

Why do we pray for people? What is the purpose of prayer? Praying for people with chronic illness raises uncomfortable questions. We tend to...

Prayer at the Areopagus

Even early risers consider me an early riser. This morning, however, was different. There was no laptop, no dog giving me the evil eye,...

Learning from Our 1919 Pentecostal Moment, Part Two

Bishop Arthur Selden Lloyd developed a plan for administrative and financial restructuring, combined with a church-wide push to inform, raise funds, and nurture spiritual growth.

Green Cars and the Presence of God

"I feel God all around me.” My daughter, 6, said to me right before she drifted off to sleep. More often than not, the last...

Kneel Down and Fight

Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1990s was, like so many other Southern cities, struggling to find an identity and possessing a hollowed-out urban core before...

A New Grace for Meals

By John Mason Lock Our family devotions include a practice that we’ve been using for almost a decade. In sharing it here, I do not...

A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End

By Eugene R. Schlesinger When I first discovered the Book of Common Prayer as a young evangelical Christian, I quickly determined that Compline was among...

Prayer Drives Congregational Growth

Kevin Martin’s recent article “Who Are We Missing?” highlights a valid sociological and theological commonality among some of the largest congregations in the Episcopal...

On Leaving Social Media

By Cole Hartin I did not expect that pastoral ministry would require me to spend so much time with a computer. I anticipated using Word to...

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