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My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“I have something I want to share with you. I’m not very comfortable with this kind of language, but – well, here goes – the Lord spoke to me last night”.

“God, sometimes You make no sense to me.”

Many of us are not aware of the dozens of ways we convey criticism or intolerance or insensitivity when our spouses express their feelings. 

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Our Christian culture, with few but notable exceptions, is now focused on the smaller story of our lives…

Many of us are not aware of the dozens of ways we convey criticism or intolerance or insensitivity when our spouses express their feelings. 

“I think we can assume Jesus was calling out from us the deep thirst within us that we’re afraid to face…”

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“I think we can assume Jesus was calling out from us the deep thirst within us that we’re afraid to face…”

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“If I let myself feel what scares me the most, I think I’d start crying and never stop.”

“I have something I want to share with you. I’m not very comfortable with this kind of language, but – well, here goes – the Lord spoke to me last night”.

“God, sometimes You make no sense to me.”

Our Christian culture, with few but notable exceptions, is now focused on the smaller story of our lives…

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Many of us are not aware of the dozens of ways we convey criticism or intolerance or insensitivity when our spouses express their feelings. 

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“God, sometimes You make no sense to me.”

“I think we can assume Jesus was calling out from us the deep thirst within us that we’re afraid to face…”

My version of prayer as battle is to imagine my friend in the presence of the Trinity and to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“If I let myself feel what scares me the most, I think I’d start crying and never stop.”

“I have something I want to share with you. I’m not very comfortable with this kind of language, but – well, here goes – the Lord spoke to me last night”.

“God, sometimes You make no sense to me.”