Centering Prayer Most faith traditions have some form of meditation or contemplation. When we meditate, we are resting in the glorious...

Just over two years ago, I preached on the Luke text we heard. Jesus was just beginning his ministry, so it’s appropriate that we heard...

What is Fasting Fasting is choosing to do without something for a period of time. The most common type of fasting is fasting from food,...

In Jesus’ day, rabbis regularly taught their disciples to pray. As we heard, John the Baptist had done so. So it’s no surprise that the...

Lectio Divina Lectio Divina (literally divine reading) is a way of becoming immersed in the Scriptures very personally. It draws on the...

These two passages are from the very beginning and then the very end of Jesus’ ministry: right after his baptism by John where the Spirit...

W-5.0104 Household Worship We respond to God’s grace in the context of personal relationships, particularly when Christians who live...

I don't remember a lot from my Sunday School days as a child, but there's one story that has stuck with me, and it was intricately...