Christ Church of Clayton Garner NC

A pastor friend of mine in California posted this. I quadruple hearted it, and once again was thankful for our church—a group of people who get and agree with this quote, from Francis Chan ("Letters to the Church," p. 44):
"I can't help but see our own lameness in fail...

Today (good news in part!), "meditating" is in vogue.  25 years back, you would've been considered a nut to do it.  Now it's addressed as something of great health, mentally and spiritually, for a person to do.  Well, OK! Great!

Scripture speaks of medi...

​6.  When to pray.  

First, you might want to set a time (you don’t have to; a “prayer time” is not commanded in the Bible, as it is in the Koran, for instance).  If you do set a time, you could say “some time in the morning,” “when I first get up before I do any...

​5.  How to pray.

My recommendation for you on the “how do I pray?” front is to take the Lord’s prayer—use Matthew 6:9ff (“ff” means whatever verses follow that are on the same subject).  Print it out.

When you do this, you can categorize your prayers i...

​If you're like me (and every other Christian), you often feel guilty about prayer.

Who can ever pray enough?  It's like evangelism.  I can always do more.  Guilt, guilt, guilt.

From the get-go, the Church in America and elsewhere makes us feel guilty.  Here...