by Kathy Hurt | May 15, 2019 | Prayer
Given that our prayers typically include asking God for something we want and asking God to keep away from us something we do not want, to reverse direction and instead ask for something contrary to what we want or ask God to bring to us whatever we might want to...
by Kathy Hurt | Jan 7, 2019 | Prayer
The cliché “prayer changes things,” while containing a measure of truth, unfortunately inspires more misunderstanding than anything else. It invites one who prays to believe that whatever words he says, whatever she asks for, will somehow impact the course of events...
by Kathy Hurt | Dec 21, 2018 | Prayer
While on a vacation in Hawaii some years ago, we rose early one morning to watch the sun come up over the ocean. For what seemed the longest time, we could see light approaching on the horizon even though the sun itself had not actually appeared. Darkness does not...
by Kathy Hurt | Dec 17, 2018 | Prayer
The season of Advent brings scripture readings of changes in the landscape, of the earth shifting so that valleys are filled and mountains are levelled and twisting roads are made straight. Further changes come among the creatures of the earth, with traditional animal...
by Kathy Hurt | Dec 13, 2018 | Prayer
I said to my soul, be still, and let the darkness come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. ~ T. S. Eliot Perhaps because we have so many images of God that are filled with light—heavenly light, the light of goodness and truth, the experience of being...
