Unveiled with God: Prayer as a Pathway to Relational Encounter with God and Ourselves

This past weekend in my message, "Praying Inward," I explored the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19 as a window into how prayer is both an encounter with God and, through God, an encounter with who we truly are. In Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, C. S. Lewis addresses a wide range of …

C. S. Lewis: “Joy is the serious business of Heaven”

This from C. S. Lewis in his wonderful book, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer: I do not think that the life of Heaven bears any analogy to play or dance in respect of frivolity. I do think that while we are in this ‘valley of tears,’ cursed with labour, hemmed round with necessities, tripped up with frustrations, …