40 Days of Prayer for United Methodist Campus Ministries

My friends Ashlee Alley and Creighton Alexander are excited about the fall. They are excited to know that as the colleges where they minister begin the fall semester there will be many who are praying for the students, faculty, and campus ministries at their institutions. They are encouraged to know that so many have expressed [...]

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“I do not counsel people. I teach them to pray.”

Counseling is a responsibility of pastors.  Or so many would say. I have talked with friends who commonly meet with parishioners to listen to their struggles, whether they be emotional, spiritual, physical, relational, financial, or otherwise, and after listening they strive to then offer a word of wisdom, a bit of encouragement, or glimmer of [...]

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Celebration and Reflection :: 40 Days of Prayer for The United Methodist Church

On the morning of March 14 God gave me a vision.  This was not a dream sequence or a moment I was taken up into the third heaven.  It was a moment where I was deeply impressed by a need for action–an action as simple as acknowledging through prayer that God is God and that [...]

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40 Days of Prayer :: Book Now Available!

Pick up a copy of the 40 Days of Prayer guide here.  I’ve been writing about this for a while now, and I’ll include more details in a few days.  I’m at a conference now, and I don’t have much time to write.  Paperbacks are available for $16.50, or you can download the book for [...]

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40 Days of Prayer for The United Methodist Church

The past few months a network of young leaders within The United Methodist Church has formed around a common vision.   Before we derive a strategy for the future, we must engage in the language of prayer. Beginning May 18 a 40 day prayer campaign for The United Methodist Church will launch at the new [...]

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“Lord, May it Be Your Will to Give the Big Three a Handout!”

I woke up to this FoxNews headline today: “Detroit Church Prays for Bailout with SUVs at the Altar.”  Here is a portion: With auto workers in the pews and sport-utility vehicles at the altar, one of Detroit’s largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry, Reuters reported. [...]

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Pray for your Quarterback.

For those that don’t know, Tim Tebow is the quarterback for the University of Florida Gators.

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On Relevance and Re-imagining

In recent years it has become increasingly popular to discuss “re-imagining” or “re-imaging” the life of faith, the form of the church, the gospel–the list could go on.  I’ve been an advocate of these conversations.  People are crying out that the church needs renewal, the gospel needs to be clearly preached, the name of Jesus [...]

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Taking Matthew 5:44 Seriously

Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. -Jesus, Matthew 5:44 Today I came across this article in the Baptist Standard which pointed me to an interesting initiative.  Thomas Bruce, an Army Reserve Chaplain, founded “Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer,” a website which encourages and invites followers of Jesus to undertake something quite [...]

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Live Fast…and Pray Fast?

Pretty fascinating ad from Diesel.  This reminds me of a quote from The Forgotten Ways. I was trained as a marketer and advertiser before I came to Christ, and when I look at the power of consumerism and of the market in our lives, I have little doubt that in consumerism we are now dealing [...]

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