“Most of us swiftly move on from things that could be touchstones in our stories, reminders that God is who He says He is, but we can find that faith only through the gift of grieving. . . . Grieving well allows us to move on from being a squirmy child in God’s lap to […]
” . . . a seemingly commonplace activity has sacred import because God [works] in, through, and behind people to serve His creation. These . . . can effectively be accomplished through anyone – believers or not. Christians, however, recognize God’s activity through them, rejoice in it, seek to grow in it, and desire God’s […]
“Martin Luther had a curious but helpful way of talking about [God working through sinful, ordinary people]. He described people doing God’s work as His masks — Larvae Dei (masks of God) is the Latin phrase. . . . We’re His masks, giving the appearance that it’s merely human beings at work. But remove our […]
In Chapter 9 (“The Touchstones of Prayer”) of his book Prayer, Timothy Keller writes about twelve touchstones of prayer. Pastor Keller states we can use those twelve touchstones to “judge the relative strength and weakness of our prayers for honoring and connecting us to God.” The first four touchstones are clustered under the heading “What […]