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A Time for Dancing

Rick Hamlin Posted on February 11, 2015 by Rick HamlinFebruary 11, 2015

There’s a season for everything,” goes the book of Ecclesiastes, “a time for mourning and a time for dancing.” It seems like the two are back-to-back in the calendar this year, with dancing, then mourning. First comes Valentine’s Day, February … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 16th birthday, All Saints Episcopal Church, beverly hills, Bible, birthday, blessing, california, career, Church, dance, dancing, father, fred astaire, friends, Guideposts, lent, love, Luke, mourning, movies, music, praise, Prayer, rick hamlin

Be Like Jesus–Pray for Others

Rick Hamlin Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

“You’re never more like Jesus than when you pray for others,” Max Lucado says in his new book Before Amen. When I read those words I thought, “Wow,” then paused and asked, “Do I really feel like Jesus when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged bread, daughter, depression, email, enemies, Faith, father, financial, Guideposts, help, illness, Jesus, loss, love, Luke, ourprayer, peace, Power of Prayer, Pray, pray for others, prayed, Prayer, praying, reading, relief, rick hamlin, volunteer

God in Times Square

Rick Hamlin Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick HamlinJanuary 28, 2015

I walk through Times Square all the time. Truth to tell, I walk through Times Square usually in a huge hurry to make a train and generally filled with irritation at some slow-moving, camera-wielding, rubber-necking tourist who is hogging the … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged coat, creativity, giving, Guideposts, home, hope, How to Pray Effectively, impatience, lost, love, moving, patience, plenty, Prayer, prayers, problem, rick hamlin, texting, times square, tired, tourists, truth, wonder

The Praying Chair

Rick Hamlin Posted on January 21, 2015 by Rick HamlinJanuary 21, 2015

Do you sit when you pray? Do you have a favorite chair? And why would one chair matter more than another, especially for prayer? It seems like tricky business when we link something material, like a chair, to something spiritual, … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Children, Christmas, Easter, Family, grace, grandfather, Guideposts, home, How to Pray Effectively, love, Pray, Prayer, prayer chair, praying, praying chair, rick hamlin, Spiritual, world war i, world war ii

A Prayer Upon Turning 60

Rick Hamlin Posted on December 30, 2014 by Rick HamlinDecember 30, 2014

Dear God, every year always counts, but it feels they count even more now. Let me live every moment with love, kindness, understanding and your peace. I promise to give others more room, to see them as you see them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged 60th birthday, birthday, doubt, enough, friends, gift, goats, goodness, Guideposts, hope, kindness, listen, love, on turning 60, peace, Power of Prayer, Prayer, rick hamlin, travel, turning 60, welcoming, will, wisdom

Confessions of a Lousy Christmas Shopper

Rick Hamlin Posted on December 23, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 28, 2015

To know someone is to love them and to love them means getting to know them. There is nothing more intimidating to me than the yawning approach of the holidays–birthdays come second place–and the prospect of trying to find the … Continue reading →

Posted in Holiday | Tagged best friends, choosing the perfect gift, Christmas, christmas shopping, Christmas tree, friends, gift, gifts, giving, goodness, Guideposts, hate shopping, help, Holy Week, Jesus, leaves, love, malls, poor, Prayer, presents, rick hamlin, show, summer, wife

John Wesley’s Prayer

Rick Hamlin Posted on December 9, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 28, 2015

John Wesley is close to the office. We’re only half a block away from the John St. Methodist Church, founded in 1766, the oldest Methodist congregation in America. The current church dates from 1840. Like a lot of churches in … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Advent, angels, brothers, Church, Faith, grace, Guideposts, happy, hymns, Jesus, john wesley, love, methodist, persecution, power, Power of Prayer, praise, Pray, Prayer, prayers, rick hamlin, Romans

Prayers of Thanks for a Cat

Rick Hamlin Posted on November 26, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 29, 2015

Dear God, was it really your idea that I should be the owner of a cat? And not just any cat, this cat, this ornery, handsome, exasperating, demanding, standoffish Fred? It must have been you, God, because you appealed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged beauty, becoming a cat person, cats, change, compassion, cute, Fred, Fred the cat, goodness, Guideposts, home, love, mother, neighbor, pets, poor, Power of Prayer, Prayer, prayers, rejoice, rick hamlin, waiting, wife, will, wonder

Prayer in Action

Rick Hamlin Posted on November 5, 2014 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

This morning on the subway I was thinking of that passage from Matthew about how when you do something for “the least of these,” you do it for Jesus. I’d been wondering–praying–how I would know which of “the least of … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Bible, change, charity, Daily Guideposts, editor, enough, food, friends, galatians, Guideposts, help, helping others, homeless, hope, Jesus, love, money, Paul, Power of Prayer, Pray, Prayer, praying, psalm, Psalms, reading, rescue, rick hamlin, Romans, the least of these, walking

Pray With Praise

Rick Hamlin Posted on October 29, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 29, 2015

Ever been around one of those infectiously enthusiastic people who exclaims over the beauty of the day, no matter what the state of the weather, always finding something to praise? Ever wonder why the psalms are filled with one passage … Continue reading →

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