Quotations to stir heart and mind. THIS PRAYER is a pattern for all Christian praying; Jesus is teaching that prayer will be acceptable when, and only when, the attitudes, thoughts, and desires ...

I have been preaching through the Lord’s Prayer at our church the past few weeks. Jesus had a powerfully dynamic prayer life because in Luke 11:1–2 his disciples ask him a critical question: “Now ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

Jesus was praying. Spurred by his example, one of his disciples asks him to teach them how to do it. John the Baptist had taught his disciples; you teach us. There’s a lot to unpack in those few ...

“Jesus Teaches the People by the Sea” by James Tissot. (Credit: Wikicommons/Public domain.) Listen At the heart of Christian discipleship is the call to prayer. As followers of the Lord Jesus, we are ...

Interceding in community is vital to the Christian life. A young Chinese woman with a rare chronic disease spent most of her days in darkness in the early 20th century. As Christiana Tsai lay in her ...

Sunday, July 27, is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13. In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives ...

Shortly before standing trial for contempt of Congress, Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist for President Trump, recorded an episode of his War Room podcast in which he vowed to ...

Praying is a central and vital part of religion. But how do you teach and explain prayer to children? Cheri Fuller, writing on churchleaders.com, says one way of explaining prayer to small children is ...

Luke’s version of the “Our Father” is only 38 words long. To call it a summary or distillation of Jesus’ teaching on prayer is to then be challenged to listen deeply to its words to grasp why Jesus ...

Lora A. Copley is an ordained Christian Reformed Church (CRC) minister. She teaches in a pastoral leadership program on the Navajo Nation and at Rehoboth Christian High School in New Mexico and is a ...