Transformation is a change so deep and formative that what it brings is literally all new. New is God’s best work. He uses His unlimited resources and all knowledge to produce an outcome or share a perspective that is so different from what we thought, we call it new. When I talk about the kind of prayer that accomplishes this, I use this definition: Transformational prayer opens a connection with God so that He can inform me about what I think, want, need or plan to do. Her

Fall has lingered as an extended visitor. Leaves still fleck the trees in mosaics of gold, red, peach, and rust. Even the recent wind storm couldn’t shake them from their stubborn hold. For me, as my wind storm has swept me empty and clouds still hover to darken my days, the ecstatic color of this fall soothes and steadies me. Often I have turned to the seasons to remind me of the rhythms of life, the getting and losing, the tearing and mending, the planting and harvest. I