Pray without ceasing

I don’t believe “pray without ceasing” is telling us what to do, I believe it’s telling us what we’ve got. It’s not a “should” it’s a “realize.” Realize we now have endless contact with our Creator, because of Jesus Christ. As our brother, the ascended Jesus now represents us in the presence of the Father, [...]

Politicians who pray?!

Another political fiasco in the news and another torrent of letters to our local newspaper. The opinions expressed were damning too, for and against, and the letters ran to two pages. How angry people get when it comes to politics. Politicians infuriate and exasperate me too. I can’t stand their waffling on without answering the [...]

I don’t pray well

I was listening to a marriage counsellor on TV talking about 7 points all couples need to do to keep their marriage humming. It was all the usual kindergarten stuff for an old wizened, battle-scarred marriage veteran like me, but I admit one point hit me. She was rattling on about understanding each other’s “love [...]

“I can’t pray for everyone”

If I kept a list of all the things people ask me to pray for, I’d have several binders full by now, and it would take me hours every day to pray for them all. But people keep loading more prayer requests on me! “Please remember us in your prayers” is the favourite expression, and [...]

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