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Reflections on Impartiality
“There is no class of people exempt from broken hearts. The rich and the poor suffer alike. There was a time when I used to visit the poor that I thought all the broken hearts were to be found among them, but within the last few years I have found there are as many...
Praying Psalm 1
A prayer for discipleship inspired by Psalm 1. Lord, we ask that you will make us a blessed people who do not walk in the wicked’s counsel, stand in the sinners’s way, or sit in the scoffers’s seat, but who find such delight in your instruction that it is always on...
What Do You Pray for a Nation: A Plea for the Church to Be a Calming Presence in a Moment of Chaos
When we think about how to pray for our nation, we must consider what it means to pray for ourselves and for our own individual and collective character and direction. We must remember that the church is not another group seeking to get their way in Washington, but a...
Holy Imagery: Restoring art as worship in the Protestant church
‘As the afternoon sunlight struck the window, fragmented light pierced through the crucified figure on the glass panes and bathed the elements of the Eucharist the priest was distributing. Drops of blood emitting from the individual’s crude, thorny crown scattering...
3 Questions to Help Find the Truth
“I am convinced what this world wants is true men and women, not great men, but true and honest and upright persons that God can use…”D.L. Moody D.L. Moody’s world may well have been in need of "true men and women," but I’m afraid the problem has only become worse....
3 Tips to Find Contentment with What Works
“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.”D.L. Moody I starting dating my wife in high school and, shortly after we started dating, I also starting working on her father’s farm. I was the...
Longing for home: D.L. Moody on getting to where we belong
When we reflect on 2020, the dwindling of travel and traffic and the renewed emphasis on the home environment may be one of our most enduring shared memories. For many of us, the need to consolidate our work, study, family activities, and worship into a domestic...
Moving Forward Faithfully
Over the course of my career, I’ve taken my fair share of criticism, particularly at times when people didn’t like the decisions I made or strategies I chose to implement. While I’ve learned to keep the opinions others express about my decisions in perspective,...
Is your sword intact?
“Cling to the whole Bible, not a part of it. A man is not going to do much with a broken sword.”D.L. Moody The quote above comes from the archives at the Moody Center. It represents one of the keys to Moody’s life and ministry. For some of us, parts of the...
D.L. Moody, the Father
When we think of Mr. Moody, some of us immediately picture him preaching the gospel to thousands in a jammed auditorium. Others may see him working among the wounded during the Civil War. Some may conjure up in their minds the young Moody surrounded by children in his...