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 ...

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 ...

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 ...