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Prayer and lifting up the hurting in this world, Pt 2
Nathan Foster in his book The Making of an Ordinary Saint talks about prayer and not having words. He was praying for his daughter when she was sick and he ran out of words. He could only cry and light a candle. His father answered that we can only do what we can in prayer. Words are inadequate at times. “Prayer…
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Prayer and lifting up the hurt in this world
Up to this point as I’ve read The Making of an Ordinary Saint by Nathan Foster, I’ve felt the unevenness of his writing. He is not as good in that skill as his father, Richard. He is incredibly honest and I have been refreshed by that honesty. The reading this week included a chapter on prayer. Richard Foster still has one of…
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Free me from the tyranny of STUFF
I am in a reading group with Renovare online and we are currently working our way through a book on spiritual disciplines by Nathan Foster, son of Richard Foster. Nathan is much more raw in his struggle with spiritual discipline. What Richard Foster wrote on always sounded like a glide into tranquility. I knew it wasn’t, but it just sounded…
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