Category: Prayer

  • Pencil, or Permanent Marker?

    A video devotional from Our Daily Bread talks about the purpose of prayer. The clip shares how an interviewer once asked Mother Teresa what she said to God when she prayed. The Catholic nun and missionary replied, “I do not say anything. I listen.” The bewildered reporter followed, “Well, what does God say to you?”…

  • Let Down Your Ear

    When our oldest son was about four years old, he came up to me one day. Motioning with his little hand he said, “Daddy, let down your ear.” I knelt down and he told me something–about one of his toys–and I nodded in agreement. But the rest of the day I kept thinking about what…