intercessory prayer
Hopes unseen and unspoken
Here he was: prostrate, limp, a huge tube going down his windpipe.
by Samuel Wells
Can we reclaim "thoughts and prayers"?
Instead of being an excuse for inaction, thoughts and prayers can turn us toward acts of love.
My friends are praying for me. Does God care?
God’s response to Job is cold comfort when you have terminal cancer.
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
I mostly agree with Jeffrey Weiss about prayer. I think St. Paul would too.
At the deathbed of a man who cared for others
Every week, Cameron visited the lonely and afflicted. Now I’m visiting him.
In any need or trouble
The prayers of the people call us. When we answer, we invite the possibility that it is we who will be poor, hungry, sick, and in prison.
A game you can’t win
That Dragon, Cancer is a unique video game: it offers us the experience of our powerlessness.
by David Keck
How does one pray about cancer?
And what would happen if we didn't?
A different way to pray
Maybe this is your real prayer for others and for yourself. “Make this trial and tragedy a glimpse of your glory, a window into your world.”
by Samuel Wells
Desperate prayers
Prayer is not a violation of the laws of nature. It's woven into God's ongoing act of creation, as fully as the tides.