Category: Prayer
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A Prayer for Safety – Psalm 16
Laurie, my friend for more than four decades and my only bridesmaid who wasn’t a family member, easily tucks into the rhythm of my life when we’re together. She sat with me in Max Porter’s last week, holding a hot drink in one hand and sweeping the air with the other as we caught up…
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Confession and Prayer Brings Healing – James 5:13-16
Until a few months ago some of my cousins had been out of touch with each other for decades. When two of them recently moved to Lane County, we arranged to meet at the Camas Country Mill and Bakery. It didn’t take us long to find ourselves delighted with all things old, the ancient schoolhouse…
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Prayer for Healing in 2018 – James 5:13-16
Don’t laugh if you see me in the pool rolling and turning like a dying goldfish. I’m OK, really. I call this my workout, and it does me a lot of good. Those younger or more athletic probably don’t comprehend how my slow movements qualify as a real workout, but water fitness makes a world…
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Where I Find Everything I Need – Proverbs 4:20-23
We were minutes away from the small Christian school my children attended and where I volunteered as an aide. My kids, either lost in their books or chatting about different classmates, didn’t notice the thumping sound till I pulled our minivan off the road. As they started asking questions and I pondered our options, I…
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God Answered my Prayer for my Hair – Psalm 66:18-20
My hair was a mess. It may seem trivial, since it doesn’t compare with the needs of starving orphans in Africa or the struggling pastors sharing God’s words in Asia, but I needed him to do something about my hair. I didn’t want to worry about my appearance, but the past several hours we’d been through multiple flights from Seattle…
