CAN WE SENSE THINGS IN THE SPIRIT?
On April 22, Jennifer and I crossed the St. Croix River into Wisconsin on our way to a long-anticipated prayer gathering that we hoped would launch a sustained prayer initiative for revival in the spiritually dark area of Pine County MN, and Burnett County WI. As we drove over the bridge, two things happened that […]
WHY PRAYER MATTERS
A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR
DO NOT BE DISMAYED
SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE
The Apostle Paul has an admonition for the Christians in Colossae, a mercantile center in ancient Phrygia, near Laodicea – a melting pot of religious influences and the center of a cult around the archangel Michael, who was believed to have created a curative water spring there. A city full of contrasts and confusing religious […]
REVIVAL IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO OUR DIVISIONS
HOW WE CAN PRAY ABOUT RACISM
The death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis has ignited turmoil and debate about racism like never before. It was assumed that he was treated with fatal brutality because of the color of his skin. The narrative, fanned into flame by media and interest groups, quickly escalated […]
The Prayer Altar in Heaven
WHAT GOD DESIRES FROM US WHEN THE WORLD IS SHAKING
Few of us would doubt that the world is in the midst of an unprecedented shaking right now. The news headlines of outbreaks and government responses are causing the way of life we have come to consider as normal to grind to a halt. Fear and panic are spreading, mixed in with re-evaluation of how we do life at every level: work, shopping, leisure, medical care, self-care, and yes – spiritual life. Churches worldwide are suddenly thrust in a position to rethink how to, well, do church and continue their core mission of worship, community and outreach.