Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

I looked at my calendar for the day. It’s packed. A two hour meeting begins at 8:00 AM. Another follows without a break. If I’m efficient, I’ll be able to hurry back to my office for an hour to return calls and emails before another meeting begins at 1:00. At 2:30 I have a conference…

I read again today an old poem of prayer.  It’s 3,000 years old, but tell me, can you relate?  I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,      and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair,      out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid…

Our impulse to beat ourselves up in order to find God dies hard.   The wonderful film “Babette’s Feast” tenderly and playfully challenges Christendom’s assumption that self-denial cuts a path to spirituality. The story takes place on the desolate coast of Denmark in the late 1700’s. Martina and Philippa are the two beautiful daughters of…

Do you have a prayer hero, a role model or “guide” for spiritual direction? Whether or not we choose one consciously most of us probably have some impression in our minds about what proper prayer looks like and that impression probably came from someone we considered an expert in the field.   Sometimes our selection of…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners
Close Ad