Posts with the category “worship-prayer”

It was hard for me at the time to hold the image of an ultimately generous, all-loving God in the same frame as the jealous God of retribution (heck, it’s difficult for me now).  Read More

As a child, prayers were rote statements. For meals, we said, “Come Lord Jesus” and for bedtime, we said the first verse of the hymn Abide with Me. “Abide with me, fast falls the eventide. As darkness deepens, Lord with me abide.” Of course, we made a contest of seeing who could say the whole verse of Abide with Me the fastest. Then, I spent the night at my grandmother’s house. My grandfather was ...  Read More