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Sometimes words fail me…

Categories: friends, prayer

Yesterday a friend from Atlanta emailed me and asked if I had seen CNN?  A friend/boss of both of ours was in the news -- not for a good reason.  After reading the story and then seeing the footage on CNN I'm heartbroken.  This man was/is a friend, mentor and example to me.  I hurt for him, his family and his church.  I watched the story with tears in my eyes.  In fact I still have them.  I don't know what else ... Read More

I’ve had to change the way I pray…

Categories: grace, prayer

About 12 or 13 years ago I read a book that completely changed the way I pray. Bill Hybels wrote, Too Busy Not To Pray and it completely revolutionized my prayer life. I have a hyperactive ADHD personality so I would be prone to pray for a a few seconds and my mind […]

About 12 or 13 years ago I read a book that completely changed the way I pray. Bill Hybels wrote, Too Busy Not To Pray and it completely revolutionized my prayer life. I have a hyperactive ADHD personality so I would be prone to pray for a a few seconds and my mind would completely go somewhere else. Then Hybels suggested actually writing out my prayers in a notebook. I've been doing it ever since. He also ... Read More

is silence secular?

Categories: lawsuits, prayer, public schools, religion

[Houston Chronicle]
A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or inhibit religion, a federal judge said this week in a ruling upholding the 2003 state law. U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn of Dallas ruled in a lawsuit brought by a North Texas […]

[Houston Chronicle] A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or inhibit religion, a federal judge said this week in a ruling upholding the 2003 state law. U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn of Dallas ruled in a lawsuit brought by a North Texas couple who objected to the law as an unconstitutional promotion of religion. In her opinion, issued Thursday, Lynn said "there is no doubt" several legislators, including the bill's ... Read More

Did Prayer cause the Dolphins to win?

Categories: football, funny, prayer

[CBS 4]
Could the power of prayer be responsible for Dolphins’ win against the Baltimore Ravens? What may have been one of the most impressive plays of the season, the Miami Dolphins Greg Camarillo’s 64 yard touchdown in overtime was the key to keep the Fins from tying the record for the most losses in an […]

[CBS 4] Could the power of prayer be responsible for Dolphins' win against the Baltimore Ravens? What may have been one of the most impressive plays of the season, the Miami Dolphins Greg Camarillo's 64 yard touchdown in overtime was the key to keep the Fins from tying the record for the most losses in an NFL season, beating the Baltimore Ravens 22-16 to put the Dolphins in the win column. The stunning game-ending play sent Ravens to an eighth straight defeat, but ... Read More

Pray for two Colorado ministries…

Categories: prayer, tragedy

Tragic news out of Colorado 70 miles apart.
[Yahoo News]
A gunman opened fire in a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday after being told he couldn’t spend the night, killing two of the center’s staff members and wounding two others. No arrests had been made by afternoon.
Read about it here.
[KDRO]
There are reports […]

Tragic news out of Colorado 70 miles apart. [Yahoo News] A gunman opened fire in a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday after being told he couldn't spend the night, killing two of the center's staff members and wounding two others. No arrests had been made by afternoon. Read about it here. [KDRO] There are reports of possibly two gunmen at New Life Church in northern Colorado Springs. According to police scanner traffic, police are at New Life Church in search of possibly ... Read More