He Prays for You

We live increasingly alone. We are more prone to eat alone than in previous generations. And those under the age of 25 are seemingly most prone to eat alone — in the past 20 years, those eating alone in that age bracket has increased 80%. We are less likely to attend public meetings or take […]

Alone, but not alone

A few decades ago, a medical doctor wrote about some of the implications of being alone that he had observed: “Medical statistics on the loss of human companionship, the lack of love and human loneliness quickly reveal that the expression ‘broken heart’ is not just poetic image for loneliness and despair. It is an overwhelming […]

Alone – with God

Jacob was where you and I may have been on occasion — alone (not only from friends, but from any form of hospitality), running from trouble, and the recipient of bad counsel (twice, and from his mother both times!). When he put down his head on a rock to sleep (a fitting demonstration not only […]