13 Prayers

You have a sin condition. Everyone does. This time we're looking at the name Jehovah M'Kaddish (yeh-HO-vaw m-kaw-DASH) which means [set apart/separate/purify/dedicate] - important for those of us who sin. Ice Storm As if living in a global pandemic wasn't enough, in … [Read more...]

You don’t need someone to deliver pizza. You need God to deliver YOU. Can God deliver me with donuts? When I was single, I used to carpool to work with a lovely woman named Elaine. We lived in a suburb outside the small, rural community where we taught. One morning, I decided … [Read more...]

Have you ever tried to hide from God? "I noticed." Years ago, when I taught 7th grade English, I had a student who would get frustrated. In those moments, he’d chuck English textbooks at my head. Large, thick textbooks. I got tired of trying to hide from them. Around that … [Read more...]

What Who is the source of all comfort? Gutted There are few times in my life when I just felt absolutely distraught and in need of great comfort: When the technician couldn’t find a heartbeat in my first pregnancy after I’d been told for years that I’d never have … [Read more...]

Eternity is a long time, right? A million years? There are some things the human mind just has trouble grasping - at least my finite mind struggles  with the idea of eternity... Take the concept of "1 million." Last century I was teaching a group of 5th graders, and they … [Read more...]