Weblog: Is the National Day of Prayer Too Political?
Plus: Babies born for stem cell use, faith-based prisons, Frank Schaeffer on the military, censoring films, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

60,000 Churches Join Prayer Effort

Plans Under Way for Next Day of Prayer
Plans Under Way for Next Day of Prayer

What George Bush's Favorite Devotional Writer Says About War
"War is the most damnably bad thing, wrote Oswald Chambers"

Books & Culture Corner: Train Up a Child
Helping children to become intimately familiar with Scripture
Susan R. Garrett

Making Space for God
What spiritual direction is, and why evangelicals are increasingly attracted to it. An interview with Holy Invitations author Jeannette Bakke
Jennifer H. Disney

Are Prayers in a Time of War Really About Comfort?
"In part. But their main purpose is about much, much more than that"
Mark Galli

Prayer After 9.11.01
"The author of The Prayer of Jabez says now, more than ever, we need to seek God's power."
Bruce Wilkinson

Learning the Ancient Rhythms of Prayer
Why charismatics and evangelicals, among others, are flocking to communities famous for set prayers and worshiping by the clock
Paul Boers

Islam 101
Basics of a foreign faith
by James A. Beverley

A Daily Repentance Workout
"As we grow in knowledge of ourselves, God's grace allows us to resist habitual sin and grow in self-control"
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Weblog: A Christian in Ramadan
Captive Burnhams are not doing well, Billy Graham HQ moves to Charlotte, and other stories from around the world
Ted Olsen

First Things First
Teaching about worship by asking the right questions
Ron Rienstra

Johnny Cash's Song of Redemption
How the coolest man in the music industry became that way while singing about Jesus and the Cross
Ted Olsen

The Smiling Grandfather Clock
"On Father's Day, the Holy Ghost helped me finally connect the dots and glimpse God's character"
Evelyn Bence

Changed by the Unchanging
A new take on the spiritual disciplines calls for a little more action and a lot more love.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Discerning God's Will
"Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Van Gogh, Dante, Thomas Merton, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

Finding God in Small Groups
Tom Albin's doctoral research reveals why the Wesley's system worked so well
Tim Stafford

God's Calling Plan
So what exactly is a call to ministry?
Gordon MacDonald

Helping Others Answer the Call
Your response to those who feel called may affect the future course of their ministry. An interview with Maxie Dunnam
An interview with Maxie Dunnam

Finding God's Will, or Hearing God's Voice?
Rejecting formulas to find guidance
Richard P. Hansen

The Top Ten Books of 2004
And a warning about the risks of reading.
By John Wilson

Discerning Divine Speech
The God Who Speaks teaches readers to listen.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Calvin Prof Arrested on Cocaine Charges
"While an English vicar breaks the record for longest sermon, parishioners elsewhere get in trouble for not listening"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: White House Speechwriter Talks About the Bush Code
Plus: U.S. News phones it in on prayer, Indonesian churches attacked, Mormon author disfellowshipped, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Temptations in Disaster
A ministry leader in Sri Lanka advises his colleagues on spiritual disciplines during a crisis.
By Ajith Fernando in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Good Grief
The School of Dying Graces says costly lessons lead to priceless wisdom.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

I Prayed for My Preaching
by Joe McKeever

Always In Parables | Andy Crouch: A Testimony in Reverse
I have discovered how inconvenient it can be when God actually does speak.
Andy Crouch

Russia: Ready to Stand on Their Own?
In the former Soviet Union, evangelical churches are growing but not yet mature.
By Beverly Nickles in Moscow

Meeting Professor Tolkien
An American professor spent a summer with Tolkien. He remembers the man, his faith, and his writings.
Clyde S. Kilby

Does God Hear Muslims' Prayers?
We must remember that God does not deal with theologies; he deals with persons.
James Lewis

Believers' Checkbook

Weblog: Prayer Breakfast Feedback
Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Reflections: Prayer
Quotations to stir the heart and mind about speaking with God
Richard A. Kauffman

A Daily Repentance Workout
"As we grow in knowledge of ourselves, God's grace allows us to resist habitual sin and grow in self-control"
Frederica Mathewes-Green

The People's Prophet
Simon Kimbangu's brief but powerful ministry inspired faith in Central Africans and fear in white authorities. Imprisoned for stirring up the Congolese people, Kimbangu became the catalyst for Africa's largest independent church.
Steve Rabey

A Taste of Thomas
With systematic seriousness, the doctor answers a key question of faith: If God predestines, why should we pray?
Thomas Acquinas

Beyond Prayer Requests
Wayne Jacobsen

Weblog: U.S. Knew About Rwanda Genocide Almost Immediately
Plus: The pilfered Passion, one in five British pregnancies ends in abortion, church leaders who don't believe in hell, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Beyond Prayer Requests
Wayne Jacobsen

Taking it to the Streets
James Meeks

Free the Burnhams
"A year after the missionaries' abduction, it's time to bring them home"
Christianity Today Editorial

Reflections: Prayer
Quotations to stir the heart and mind about speaking with God
Richard A. Kauffman

I Prayed for My Preaching
by Joe McKeever

'round the clock prayer
Eric Reed in Kansas City

The CT Review: Recipes for the Soul
Phyllis Tickle thinks cookbooks and prayerbooks have a lot in common.
By Lauren F. Winner | posted 8/15/00

Praying for Hope
What a dying infant taught her mother about God's ways.
By Nancy Guthrie | posted 7/21/00

The People's Prophet
Simon Kimbangu's brief but powerful ministry inspired faith in Central Africans and fear in white authorities. Imprisoned for stirring up the Congolese people, Kimbangu became the catalyst for Africa's largest independent church.
Steve Rabey

Reflections: Prayer
Quotations to stir the heart and mind about speaking with God
Richard A. Kauffman

A Taste of Thomas
With systematic seriousness, the doctor answers a key question of faith: If God predestines, why should we pray?
Thomas Acquinas

Doctors Who Pray, Part 3 (of 3)
How the medical community is discovering the healing power of prayer.
by Gary Thomas

REFLECTIONS

Why People Don't Pray
By Richard P. Hansen with David Wall

Mary Heart, Martha Brain
How can I focus on one thing—prayer—when so many things need to be done?
Kathy Callahan-Howell

Managing a Meandering Mind
Brad Preston

Books: Devotions on the Run
Help for going short and deep.

What Heresy?
The things Neo-Gnostic seekers find lacking in Christianity-experiential insight, mysticism, a direct link to God-are already there
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Good for the Soul
Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Pull
Two lives drawn to God
Betty Carter

Nice Yet Naughty
A no-nonsense book of female sex addiction is finally here.
Agnieszka Tennant

We Must Never Be Silent About Suffering
The CT religious rights debate continues
Michael Horowitz

"Weblog: Decisions, Decisions"
Judges and church judiciaries rule on denominational conflicts.
Ted Olsen

Why Paul Loved His Body
2 Corinthians doesn't teach that flesh and spirit are opposites, Michael Wittmer says.
By Ann Byle

God's Astounding Laws of Nature
"I like to think of God as developing his skills, said Dr. Paul Brand"
Philip Yancey

A Mind on Fire
Throughtout his eventful life, America's theologian was driven by a vision of the beauty in God's sovereignty.
Stephen R. Holmes

Prayer Warriors
E-Mail newsletters are helping hundreds of thousands to pray about the war
John W. Kennedy

Why Pray?

My Words in Your Mouth
by Ken Ulmer

Rehearsing the Covenant
Adam Hamilton

The School of Joy
Ben Patterson

Opinion Roundup: Let Us Be Thankful
What are Christian thought leaders thankful for this year?
Todd Hertz

Weblog: Bush Tells America to Give Thanks
Plus: City Journal attacks moral lethargists, New York gets a Dead Sea Scroll, and other stories from around the world.
Todd Hertz & David Neff

Thanksgiving at Fair Acres
A meal with my mother and other nursing-home residents opened a small crack in their stony detachment, and gave a brief glimpse of the kingdom of heaven.
By Virginia Stem Owens

It's Hard to Hug a Bully
It is easier to repay evil for evil, but then all you've got is evil.
Barbara Brown Taylor

The Manipulation Game
"Fred Smith, Sr"

The Learning Curve
A Leadership symposium

Furthermore: The Fullness of Time
I'd like life to be a series of pauses like a poem, rather than a fast-paced, page-turner airport novel.
By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

PHILIP YANCEY: Why Not Now?
Philip Yancey

Hostage Vigil: Families of Hostage Couple Wait
Men's prayer group for Burnhams perseveres six days a week.
Corrie Cutrer

A Wake-Up Call to Become Global Christians
"The deadly attacks on America will provoke many responses, but Christians are commanded to love our neighbors."
Miriam Adeney

WHEN SLEEP WON'T COME
Cary Weisiger

Why I Walked
Sometimes loving a denomination requires you to fight
J. I. Packer

With God on Our Side?
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.
Tim Stafford

Holding This Fort

Stranger in a Strange Land-In Rembrandt's Light
John Wilson

Rabbit Trails to God
John Updike has made a career of writing the most theological novels in America
Mark A. Buchanan

The Groves of Academe
Arguing About God, Arguing with God: Remembering Lew Smedes
Richard Mouw