For me, the calling of leadership in God’s Kingdom can often feel solitary. Yet, within that solitude, I sense the heart of God—the tender ache of
“Gethsemane Jesus”—woven through this prayer.

Beautiful. Complicated. Surrendered.

“… If you can’t be still and wait, you can’t become what God created you to be.”

by Sue Monk Kidd

“…O God, gather me to be with you as you are with me.
Keep me in touch with myself…”

by Ted Loder

“…Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise…”

“Give me the courage to live! Really live—not merely exist…”

A prayer by Howard Thurman

“Welcome, welcome, welcome.

I welcome everything that comes to me in this moment…”

by Mary Mrozowski

“… I look upward for insight…
I worship you alone!

I look inward for understanding…
transform me deep within!

I look outward for application…
help me sow your seeds
and sing your songs!”

By Dusty Johnson

“O God, I Need Thee. I need thy sense of time…”

by Howard Thurman

“… I thank you, Lord Jesus, for being all of the things humanity despises and fears, so I can accept myself and others in you.”

by Richard Rhor

“Over the years I have come to express an ongoing personal prayer that is a regular request of God. It comes from a deep desire to hear what His Spirit may be saying to me and authentically engage my faith as I obey….”

by Dusty Johnson

“The soul is like a wild animal—tough, resilient, savvy, self-sufficient and yet exceedingly shy. If we want to see a wild animal, the last thing we should do is to go crashing through the woods, shouting for the creature to come out...”
- Parker Palmer
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by Dusty Johnson

“But then I hit a wall. A wilderness of sorts… My charisma and skill had reached their limits. Winter had descended on my soul. Cold, futile and seemingly dead. Yet, there was something happening deep below the surface…”

by Dusty Johnson