If prayer requires more active involvement than simply articulating a list of requests, then passively turning it over to a higher power to do the work, what might it require of us? How might we ...

You’d have thought I’d just cussed by the way the mouths around the table soundlessly fell open. And all I’d said was “I don’t think I can pray that for you.” The woman who had just asked us to pray ...

I confess that I’ve found myself rolling my eyes—maybe you have, too—when the leader of a church service or Bible study asks for prayer requests. I’m not so heartless that I act this way in response ...