We’ve all been told stories of the great saints of prayer. You know, those worthy people who got up early in the morning and prayed for hours, without a cup of coffee and before breakfast.
We’ve all, at some point, probably felt guilty that we can’t pray that way. But dig a little deeper into those stories and we will also find lives just like ours - fragile and flawed.
So why are those stories often used as a weapon to whip children and young people into "getting into the habit of prayer"?
The unreached 94 per cent
Culture – in the evangelical church, we often talk about this in the context of mission and those of different …