The Power of One Voice: Embracing Collective Prayer Practices
Jane Menning City Director | Minneapolis and St. Paul A few years ago, Adam Johnson, our ISM leader in Minneapolis, invited our staff team to pray like many churches around the world do—in one voice, or what the Koreans call tongsung kido. We were all praying for the same international student’s request, we could all […]
Just Be: A Letter on Prayer to a Younger Me
Lyndi Markus Editor-in-Chief for UpFront Dear younger me, You’re newish to praying— a little green, a little naive, but so expectant— and I can still feel You put so much pressure on yourself to do it right. You pray for protection— you thank God for good days. You ask God to save loved ones who […]
God Changed My View of Prayer
Peggy Reynoso Train – Develop – Care I had a love-hate relationship with prayer. For most of my life, God spoke to me sporadically, usually in times of great need or longing. He also spoke to me regularly through His written Word. And then there were the nudges of the Holy Spirit, but I was […]
Practical Prayer
David Erickson World Missions Spending the past twenty-two years in a pioneering Muslim context has grown my prayer life. Reading the Word? Now, that’s easy and enjoyable. But praying? That’s always been more difficult. Because I am a practical person, here are several practical takeaways from the past two decades. CONSISTENTLY. Early on, I remember […]
