Prayer
Weekly Devotionals
Sonnet on Prayer
Lord, what a change within us one short hourSpent in Thy presence will prevail to make;What heavy burdens from our...
Weekly Devotionals
Prayer of St. Augustine
As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, we offer this sacred prayer espoused by Elisabeth and written by...
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Prayer as Incense
Prayer is compared in the Bible to incense. “Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee,” wrote the psalmist, and the...
Weekly Devotionals
A Simple Statement Suffices
Some of us feel thoroughly inadequate as “pray-ers”. We wish we could pray beautifully and consistently and effectively, and we...
Weekly Devotionals
From my Journal
(I have been keeping some sort of a journal since 1938, often not writing in it every day, but recording events...
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Learning the Father’s Love
When my brother Dave was very small, we spent a week at the seaside in Belmar, New Jersey. In vain...
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The Future Is Not Our Province
While a new year offers us a fresh start, it can also bring anxiety. Questions crowd into our minds. Will...
Weekly Devotionals
Family Prayers
When I was a child my father and mother gathered the six of us in the living room after breakfast...