Monthly Archives: March 2016

A Prayer for Holy Saturday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

“What is there left to do but pray, if the story of God’s own death and burial be true?” … asks Alan E. Lewis in his exquisite Magnus Opus and final work, Between Cross & Resurrection: A Theology of Holy … Continue reading →

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What Your Feet Mean to Me

Posted on March 18, 2016 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

WHAT YOUR FEET MEAN TO ME You say I am doing a beautiful thing for you.      It’s just like you to say that. All I am doing is washing your feet with my tears;      They come … Continue reading →

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No Storyless Prayers

Posted on March 11, 2016 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

“There are no story-less prayers,” Eugene Peterson writes. “Story is to prayer what the body is to the soul – the circumstances in which it takes place… story-making is creative work – demanding intense and personal involvement.”  (Answering God). When … Continue reading →

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By Mere Prayer or Plaintive Whisper

Posted on March 4, 2016 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

As aging men go, D.A. Carson is one those great minds who is tethered to a heritage of prayer.  In his tribute to his father, “Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson,” he writes: “Keep … Continue reading →

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