Rainstorm in the English countryside “This is all your fault!” my unsmiling neighbor leveled at me yesterday as we crossed paths while picking up moss, limbs, and other grungy debris strewn across our yards. “My fault?” “Dang storm’s named after you, isn’t it?” Oh. I suppose it is. This wasn’t the first time I’d heard ...
Archives for June 2012
It’s Your Serve (Prayer, part 2)
Last week we talked about prayer being like a tennis match. You hit the ball over the net, Papa God hits it back. Over and back. Over and back. You know, the truly amazing part is that Papa God wants to play with us at all. I mean, He certainly doesn’t have to. He could ...
Spiritual Punctuation
Effective conversation is like a tennis match. (Yes, you’re absolutely right – this metaphor occurred to me as I was whacking a little yellow ball around a court.) You hit the ball over the net, then your partner hits the ball back. And you keep it going. Back and forth. Back and forth. Prayer is ...