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  • Bait and Switch

    In one week our 40 days will come to an end.  Have you thought about what you will do after praying every day for 40 days?  Can I let you in on a secret that isn’t really? I’m hoping that your 40 days will become 40 years.  I’m hoping that the people who have taken this challenge… Continue reading

  • Why is Prayer (Sometimes) So Hard?

    It is, sometimes, isn’t it?  It’s about 4:20 p.m. and I haven’t had my prayer time yet.  Mind you, today was not a normal day.  I was at a seminar in Houston yesterday (79° and sunny – it’s practically summer there), and so I was flying home today.  I got up at 3:45 a.m., which… Continue reading

  • Just Another Wednesday?

    I partook in an Ash Wednesday service last year at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Waupun.  My friend Peter Bird is the Vicar or Pastor there, and he had invited me.  I think it might have been my first Ash Wednesday service…ever.  Ash Wednesday, for those not in the know, is a day of repentance which… Continue reading

  • Learning Prayer from Jerry Seinfeld

    Years ago, my friend Charlie introduced me to the concept of “plundering the Egyptians.”  It comes from when Israel was to finally leave Egypt, and they simply asked for all of Egypt’s stuff on the way out.  The people of Egypt, decimated by the various plagues, gave them gold, silver and clothing because they had found… Continue reading

  • Praying for the People of Edgewood Church

    Can the staff of a church do anything more productive than pray together? I can’t think of what that would be, and so most every Monday, Edgewood’s staff spends 30 – 45 minutes in prayer over our Friendship Register prayer requests. A long time ago (10 years maybe?), someone complained that our administrative assistants were being paid to pray… Continue reading

  • The Importance of Knowing God’s Great Love

    I was favored with an earthly father who loved me a whole lot.  I’ll never forget a day that Dad and I went out flying a kite when I was growing up in Antioch, Illinois.  He was handling the kite as it flew high overhead, and then suddenly it began to twirl and twirl earthwards. … Continue reading

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  • Those Who Trust God…Pray

    What does it mean to trust in God?  It’s an important question, if for no other reason, because many people would claim their favorite verse to be Proverbs 3:5 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. But how do you do that? How do you trust in… Continue reading

  • More Answers to Prayer

     Here are more answered prayers from our 40 days.  But first, a couple of quotes to keep the fire hot… “Ten minutes spent in the presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day different.” Henry Drummond. “We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have… Continue reading

  • The Rote Prayers of My Childhood

    Though I became a Christian at age 18, I’ve been praying for as long as I can remember.  In particular, I recall two memorized prayers.  The first was at mealtimes, and I prayed it over and over: “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” Not to be too… Continue reading

  • Some Answers to Prayer From Our 40 Days…

    We’ve been posting answers to prayer in the foyer of Edgewood in Waupun and in the commons area at North Fond du Lac High School.  In case, you haven’t stopped to see what God is doing, Here are some of the answers (from Waupun) so far (I took the names out of one or two guessing that… Continue reading

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