I’m praying this prayer today at the ERLC Caring Now Conference. I pray it blesses you. Jesus, We come before You, a brokenhearted people. We cry out for healing, for salving of a wound that is too pervasive for us to heal on our own. With tears, we ask why you...
I sincerely pray this helps you feel seen, loved and heard. My prayer starts around three minutes. If you read my previous post of the text of the prayer, you’ll realize that about halfway through this prayer, I deviate from my crafted piece and began to...
I prayed this prayer over the Southern Baptist Convention this afternoon. May our churches pray this prayer and experience repentance, restoration and renewal. That is my sincere hope. A PRAYER OF LAMENT Our majestic, sovereign, empathetic, beautiful Father in heaven,...
Here is the short devotional I gave at the Valued Conference in San Diego this year. In it, I unpack the significance of 1 Corinthians 12:22-26 as it relates to how the church treats survivors: In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are...
My friend Vicar Troy Cady shared this prayer on his Facebook page yesterday, and I asked his permission to share it with you. He does amazing work around the idea of play at PlayFull.org. Say HI to TROY: Every day I hear from people who are broken by the church, who...
Two Thieves If I had known Jesus then, I would’ve repeated his nine words to the indifferent sky My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? But I was only five years old—small and broken and cracking apart And what little shout I had trickled out my throat in whimpers...
