The Lord’s Prayer, which we say together in church each Sunday, was the form of prayer Jesus gave to his first friends when they asked him how to pray. From my earliest recollection as a young child The Lord’s Prayer has been my primer. I cut my teeth on it as I kneeled with my …
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday! It’s a little less cluttered with material goods than Christmas and can (if we let it) exert a unique influence on our development of a Kingdom life, an eternal kind of life. We’ve found this happens best when we build in some basic spiritual practices around the holiday to create …
According to the Hartford Institute: – 20% of Americans go to church. The lowest it's ever been measured in the history of America. – 8 to 10 thousand churches will shut their doors in next 12 months, never to reopen. – America is now the most religiously diverse nation in the world. – America is …
More than one writer has observed that entering the modern upscale mall is like stepping into a cathedral. (See most recently, James Smith, Desiring the Kingdom). Large pillars or high arches frame the entryways. Vaulted ceilings with skyward glass or regal rotundas give us a sense of the sublime—a feeling of transcendence. Looking down at …