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Distractions to Prayer No one who has tried to pray for more than a few seconds at a time would claim that he is never distracted. It is ast...

Some readings on prayer, by Elisabeth Elliot: Notes on Prayer: Prayer is no game. Even if you are part of a "team," as when others...

Jesus invites us to be his disciples. If we choose to accept his loving invitation, we must understand that there are certain conditions to ...

To hold onto something with a desperate grip is not the way to die. Death is a painful process, and restoratives offered to the dying wretc...

Sometimes when I was a child my mother or father would say, "Shut your eyes and hold out your hand." That was the promise of some ...

Last weekend (March 28th) there was a Voice of the Martyrs conference in Mississauga, Ontario. We were immensely blessed to hear from Mr. Ki...

Being a Lens Scripture verses: Psalm 35:22-28; Philippians 1:20 Each of us is a lens that magnifies what we live for. People can look at and...

My pastor had mentioned a hymn by William Cowper, who is one of my favourite hymn writers. But this was one I had never heard. So I looked ...

I love reading different translations of the Bible. Often I find that reading a different translation helps me understand a specific verse ...

The following is an excerpt by Elisabeth Elliot from her book On Asking God Why . It contains a bit of her personal story - of some of the t...