How to Pray the Psalms.
"What's prayer like for you?" While my pastoral question comes from a place of care and curiosity, it often falls like a judgmental hammer. Its followed by several responses. An awkward, uncomfortable stumbling about or a dismissive brush to the side, "it's fine," are not uncommon. Occasionally it's met with disarming humor, "what prayer life?" or brutal honesty, "meh, it's pretty non-existent." The reality is I rarely meet a person satisfied with their prayer life.
Praying the Bible - Again
Between the loss of routine, the new challenges of figuring out work and homeschool together, and the mounting fear and anxiety about the state of the world, I found it very difficult to pray. I found myself going through my days with so much fear and worry that I couldn’t bring myself to slow down and spend time trying to draw nearer to God. Even though I obviously knew that’s what I needed and wanted most, it seemed like it wasn’t the most pressing thing.
Learning about Spiritual Life from Christians throughout the Ages
These voices from the past have helped me know how to follow Jesus in practical, everyday ways, how to listen to Him in all things, how to love Him above all else, and how to understand much of the scriptures. They stir my heart in a way that little else, outside from scripture itself, has ever been able to do.