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Praying for Peace when Life’s Storms Overwhelm
Psalm 107 begins the fifth book of the Psalms with a song that remembers hardship. Consecutive sections of the Psalm recall different experiences of suffering and fear in which it seemed the Lord might be absent. Some wander … Continue reading
Prayer After a Fall
I struggle to pray sometimes. The words I need to say so desperately evade me. My emotions seem to clog my consciousness. Last week, as I near the end of a short run, I stumbled over a crack in the … Continue reading
Prayer of a Frustrated Traveler
The prayer of psalm 39 laments, “For what do I wait?” We might ask, in concert with the Psalmist, why do we wait when life frustrates, when we confront the reality of life’s brevity, when it may seem that there … Continue reading
We Pray, and We Wait
I’m in a waiting room at a hospital this morning. Waiting can be difficult. As I write this hundreds of people wait in shelters for the opportunity to return to their homes. Many do not know what damage Hurricane Irma … Continue reading