July 30, 2001
Content can't be loaded!
From the Editors
Who Has Not
seen the magnificent paintings of the Renaissance portraying God—and His angels with red cheeks and white wings—looking down to the earth, with big puffy clouds drifting by?
A newspaper reporter tells how she prayed when she found herself staring down the barrel of a gun, at a roadblock, in a Chechen war zone.
I was in my office, and my buddy Frank came in and said, "Hey, you want to go jump this afternoon?
Interview With Noel Fischer We've all probably run into situations in which we need to help someone who's injured or sick or has lost a loved one. Sometimes it's hard to know what to say or do. A man who has spent years praying for people in need explains that God is always there to help us help others.
The mouth of the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts is treacherous for boaters and swimmers alike. Many people have drowned there in the strong tidal currents. When the author found herself being sucked out to sea on her windsurfer, it looked like a recipe for disaster. She needed help beyond her own strength ... and fast.
"I'll never do anything
like that again," our teenage son said as he plopped himself down dejectedly on the couch beside me.
These 150 chapters get just about as much exposure as anything in the Bible. Maybe you've heard them called songs. Have you ever thought of them as prayers?
At first she thought the headachy, queasy Monday she was having entitled her to a nice, miserable nap. Then she thought again.
A simple analogy about trusting God might have you thinking back to when you first learned to swim.
This specific type of prayer was what caused a shift in my perception of life.
I continued to pray with the idea that God fills all space.
The company had accumulated a huge debt, and our working capital was totally depleted.
I could have no doubt about my being healed, because God does not discriminate against anybody.
One day on my usual morning run, I stumbled on a board sticking out of the boardwalk and twisted my ankle badly.
Southwest Airlines
is one company that puts an enormous value on spirituality.
