Posted in atheism, faith, prayer on 27 August 2007 | 5 Comments »
Apparently Mother Teresa had a prolonged crisis of faith and had an ongoing struggle with depression. Some of her private correspondence with her confessor is now being published as part of a book called Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light. At one point she says to her confessor, “[But] as for [...]
Posted in prayer, providence on 26 July 2007 | 3 Comments »
“When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But rather a special sort of ‘No answer’. It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though he shook his head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, ‘Peace, [...]
Posted in prayer on 4 August 2005 | No Comments »
The previous post may have focused a bit too heavily on the negative, ‘why doesn’t God answer my prayers more obviously,’ side of the issue. While this is an ongoing question for all of us, I think that too often I forget that good things in life require just as much of an explanation [...]
Posted in prayer on 2 August 2005 | 6 Comments »
I’ve had some really interesting responses to that last post. I think that prayer is a subject that most of us (if we’re honest) feel uncertain about at times. It’s just the nature of life. We pray for certain things to happen. Sometimes they do. More often than not they [...]
Posted in prayer on 28 July 2005 | 6 Comments »
I’m a bit ashamed to admit this but I had some difficulty with publishing the previous post. It’s not because I don’t pray for Dwayne, I do daily. No one who knows his story can help but pray. Nor is it because I don’t think his story should be known, I think that it should [...]
Posted in prayer on 27 July 2005 | No Comments »
Many of you know of the tremendous challenge being faced by Dwayne Harms, a local pastor here in Saskatoon. Those of you with connections to Bethany will remember Dwayne as an occasional speaker in our chapels. For those of you who are hearing this name for the first time, Dwayne (37) has recently been diagnosed [...]
