Let’s be real, prayer is one of the biggest mysteries of the Christian faith. Yet in the mystery that prayer is, faithful Christians have practiced prayer for thousands of years. Just look at Tim Tebow and his token prayer after a good play…as if God somehow wants to let some football-millionaire score a touchdown over […]
The Lenten Journey…
Lent has historically been a time of repentance, contemplation, sacrifice, and abstention. In the early church the 40 days of Lent were a serious time of training. Candidates for baptism were taught prayer, they learned to fast, and studied the textual/oral tradition to best equip them to combat the deceptive powers in our world. Lent […]