My recent post on what happens when I try to pray was written somewhat tongue-in-cheek. But I have been giving a lot of thought to the place of prayer in Christian life. A few years ago I bought a great little book by Ronald Dunn called "Don't Just Stand There, Pray Something", which I've been re-reading. As the title suggests, it's written in a very chatty style, but it's nevertheless thought-provoking and helpful.
I'm pondering the idea of writing my own series of articles on prayer - not so much the theology of prayer, but the practicalities of it. How do we, or should we, pray? How do we find time to pray? Why do some people seem better at praying than others? Rather than print the articles or post them on this blog I'm thinking of posting them to a separate blog and inviting people to subscribe. Watch this space!
I've recently discovered a wonderful source of inspiration and ideas at the Veritas Forum site. To quote the site itself "Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life." The site offers mp3 recordings of talks given at various (mainly US) universities, which can be downloaded. Some of the early recordings include audible chair scraping and door banging but the later recordings are high quality.
The wide variety of speakers includes well known writers and commentators such as Os Guiness, John Stott, Madeleine L'Engle, D. A Carson, Craig Blomberg, Tim Keller, Dallas Willard, Francis Collins and Ravi Zaccharias along with a host of others from all walks of life. The media page allows you to browse the talks by topic, speaker, date or location. Well worth a look.
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