Podcast: Why Does Prayer Feel So Fake?

Last Minute Preparations April 4, 2013

We’re all busy here at ReKnew making last minute preparations for the Open2013 conference here in St. Paul, MN. It’s our first ever event of this kind and there’s a nervous energy and anticipation. I wonder if you’ll hold this up in prayer if you weren’t able to join us? We have a last minute…

Does Prayer Really Make a Difference? July 28, 2014

I know the traditional cliché that prayer is for our sake, not God’s. It changes us, not God, or God’s plans. Even C .S. Lewis said that! I have the greatest admiration for Lewis, but on this account I think he is dead wrong. Prayer does certainly change us, but that’s not why we’re told…

The Easiest (and Hardest) Spiritual Discipline May 24, 2016

The glory of God surrounds you every second of every day. What a profound truth! But most of the time—like a dark cloud blocking the sun—the mental chatter about the past and the future keeps us from seeing it. We are absorbed in the past—with all the regrets and pain—or the future—shaped by both hopes…

A Blessing for 2015 January 1, 2015

Image by Jean-Michel Guisiano via Flickr In the Kingdom, there is no waiting. There is only now. The time to be fully awake and fully alive is now. The time to abide in Christ and to live passionately in love is now. The time to live in God’s presence and let God be “all in all” is…

Lighten Up: Eat, Pray, Love March 7, 2014

How can prayer change God’s mind? July 20, 2012

You’ve argued that since God is all-good, he’s always doing the most he can do in every situation to bring about good. But you have also argued that prayer can change God’s mind. How are these two beliefs compatible?