Prayer
Weekly Devotionals
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...
Weekly Devotionals
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...
Weekly Devotionals
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...
Newsletters
Struggling in Prayer
People who ski happen to enjoy skiing; they have time for skiing, can afford to ski, and are good at...
Newsletters
Praying and Acting
There are many matters for prayer about which you and I can do nothing except pray. Those are the things...