Communion with God is the one need of the soul beyond all other need; prayer is the beginning of that communion, and some need is the motive of that prayer. Our wants are for the sake of our coming into communion with God, our eternal need. - George MacDonald, "The Words of Jesus on Prayer," in Unspoken Sermons
Martha & Mary - 7.20.25 | Dr. Cyndi Parker
Stillness before God transforms us into unhurried love. It is in the stillness of silent prayer that God turns over the soil of our hearts, revealing our desires to us and the source of their fullest satisfaction. - Tyler Staton, Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools
The Good Samaritan - 7.13.25 | Dr. Cyndi Parker
"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. It can be received gladly or grudgingly, in big gulps or in tiny tastes, like a deer at the salt." - Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies