Meditations

Augustine of Hippo (354-430), famously said: “Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” And Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) added, “I do not seek to understand so that I can believe, but I believe so that I may understand; and what is […]

This breath prayer may seem at first a bit strange and difficult, but I assure you it works. I invite you to breathe in and out something we all need, but most of us do not get enough of: silence. Breathe in silence, and breathe out silence. And while doing so, listen to the subtle […]

When you pray, seek to enter into what is called a “prayer state.” To best understand what prayer states are, I offer two examples. First, concerning brain waves. Five electrical brain waves have been determined. They are, from the slowest deep sleep to the fastest frequency while consciously processing information: delta, theta, alpha, beta and […]

Prayer establishes your personal, private relationship with God. It is the greatest love relationship you will ever have; it may begin here, but it will not end here. Amazingly, it is eternal. When you pray, the hidden God will be gazing on you from eternity, and seeing not only where you are, but where God […]

Your image or understanding of God largely determines how you will approach God. And how you approach God, along with your expectations going in, significantly affect what happens or does not happen during and after an attempted prayer connection. The question is: how best to approach God? The answer is as simple as it is […]

THE DARKNESS We are called by the Light of eternity to be the light of the world. We tend to view darkness as evil, since evil much prefers darkness to light. Yet darkness is as light to God, who sees equally in both temporal domains. As the Psalmist said, in utter awe of the omnipresent, […]