Desert Devotion
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ?Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the …
Mark Altrogge
A Nudge From The Shepherd’s Staff
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are …
A Hero Turns 90
Yesterday one of my heroes turned 90 years old. That man is my dad, Julian Altrogge. One of the reasons …
Heath Ledger, Jim Elliot
Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 ? January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated Australian film actor. ?He appeared in …
Gerry Can Finally Leave Town
We?d lost touch with each other over the years. Gerry had one of the first Beatle haircuts in town and …
Expand Your Prayer Life (6) Crouching at Your Door
When I was 23, I worked in an art gallery in Philadelphia. I lived in an apartment in the corner …
Expand Your prayer life (5): The Path to Joy
Last week one of my sons didn’t clean up his room. So I kicked him out of the family. “Get …
Expand Your Prayer Life (4): Truck Caps and Daily Bread
I used to think that God was so busy managing the cosmos, he didn’t have time for my peewee concerns. …
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Expand Your Prayer Life (3): Bring Your Rule
When we pray, we’re tempted to start dumping our needs on God, like a scene from the movie “What About …
Expand Your Prayer Life (pt. 2): The Aim of Prayer
Our Tuesday post said that we can expand our prayer lives by using the pattern Jesus gave us for prayer, …
Expand your Prayer Life
Do you get distracted when you are praying? Or do you find that after 5 minutes you?re out of things …