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Praying Life, A

Come as You Are Author: Paul Miller Prayer has always been hard for me. It’s a duty, a chore, and that’s not because the idea of talking to God is boring, but because I’ve fallen into a rut. It is necessary – required even – to pray for those around us, for family and friends, for job woes and life crises. Yet there is little to no variety, and soon our prayers become a list. Saying the same old things about the same old things. The flame of connection dies out, and the odious nature of a duty steps into place. [...]

2024-02-23T18:58:28-07:00February 23rd, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

A Disconnected, Yet Still Sublime C.S. Lewis Addition Author: C.S. Lewis Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer is a posthumously published collection of Lewis’s letters to a fictional friend. It is written not as an instruction, but more as a meditation, a collection of private notes and asides. Lewis thoughtfully discusses prayer with his fabled friend, Malcom, taking prayer out of the rote asking, while admitting to our imperfections and desire to be better than we are. Lewis shines a light on the relationship prayer invites between ourselves and God, like talking to a friend, and notes some basic dos and [...]

2024-02-14T17:49:37-07:00February 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Quiet Time: A Practical Guide for Daily Devotions

A Practical Guide to Connecting with and Worshiping God Author: InterVarsity InterVarsity’s Quiet Time is a small (thirty page) practical guide on how to improve daily devotionals, and it is part of the reading material for the C.S. Lewis Institute’s Fellowship program. The point of the program is to encourage modern-day Christian’s to live every day for God as a testament to His might and will. This involves rigorous study, closely knit group work, an urban plunge project, and lots and lots of reading. Quiet Time focuses first on the importance of praising and worshiping God. What does this entail and [...]

2023-07-30T10:20:57-07:00July 30th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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