“God [is] Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24
What is it?
I’m not here to talk about the Eucharist, though that’s a good form of communion too. The word “communion” simply means sharing something in intimate fellowship/friendship. The kind of communion I am talking about is the internal relationship [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Série de Prière: Communion
Posted in Life, Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged abiding, breathings, brother Lawrence, busyness, communing, communion, distraction, divine, Eucharist, Henri Nouwen, Holy Spirit, internal, Jesus, John, Luke, peace, prayer, prayer series, sin, unceasing, worship on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Friday Diversion – Week VI
Posted in The Friday Diversion, tagged bluegrass, First Aid Kit, Fleet Foxes, folk, music, Swedish, The Friday Diversion on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a secret love for folk and bluegrass, so imagine my excitement over finding a new band to love: First Aid Kit. They are two Swedish girls (my own heritage!), only 15 and 17. I have had a lot of vocal training, but these untrained voices and harmonies are inspiring.
Enjoy their cover of Fleet [...]
Série de Prière: Contemplation
Posted in Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged catholic, contemplation, contemplative, Contemplative Prayer, Dubay, Guyon, John of the Cross, mystics, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, saints, selfless, solitude, spirit, Teresa of Avila on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Contemplative prayer is my favorite type of prayer. When people write about contemplative prayer, they usually refer to the old Catholic saints like St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, and Madame Guyon. These people are called “mystics”; I don’t prefer the term because of the Catholic affiliation, but I do like to call [...]
Série de Prière: Waiting
Posted in Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged Bible, Christianity, distraction, expectancy, IHOP, Jaeson Ma, patience, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, revivalist, silence, solitude, The Word, waiting, worship on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s something very special about waiting prayer. When practiced with the right motives, it can become the core of your prayer life — and a very important part at that.
What is it?
Waiting prayer is taking time to be still before the Lord. This concept is repeated over and over again in Scripture (Ps. 25:5, 25:21, [...]
The Friday Diversion – Week V
Posted in The Friday Diversion, tagged funny, humor, ISFJ, joke, Myers-Briggs, personality test, prayers, The Friday Diversion on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had to re-take the Myers-Briggs Personality Test to figure out which one of these is me. I’m an ISFJ and, well, it fits me.
Prayers for Myers Briggs Types
ISTJ: Lord help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41.23 am e.s.t.
ISTP: God help me to consider people’s feelings, even if most of them [...]
Série de Prière: Meditation
Posted in Prayer Room Life, The Word, Theology, tagged 7 Thunders, Bible, Biblical, catholic, catholicism, Christianity, IHOP, IHOP-KC, Jesus, Kirk Bennett, Madame Guyon, meditation, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, quiet, saint, waiting, Worship with the Word on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What is it?
While Eastern meditation attempts to empty the mind, this kind of meditation is an attempt to consume it with God. Biblical meditation is setting yourself before the Lord to receive revelation from His Word. The purpose is to receive more of the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:1-5 says how to get the knowledge [...]
Série de Prière (Series on Prayer): Distraction
Posted in Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged brother Lawrence, distraction, focus, IHOP, IHOP-KC, lengthy, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, RHOP, vocal on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I want to get a huge factor out of the way before I continue this series on prayer: distraction.
Humans are weak — I live in a community of people who pray for a living and this issue comes up over and over again. We live such fast-paced lives (internally and externally) that when we try [...]
Vocal Prayer: A Double-Edged Sword
Posted in Prayer Room Life, Theology, tagged bridal paradigm, catholic, catholicism, cheap, church, Contemplative Prayer, fake, God, hype, intimacy, meditation, mystics, power, prayer, prayer room, prayer series, Teresa of Avila, vocal prayer on September 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In modern American churches, we tend to think of prayer as closing our eyes and saying words aloud. Since when was the dignity of prayer cheapened into such a pitiful form?
The authority on this subject I have to hand over to the Catholics. I so admire their history on the subject and the high respect [...]
