My new phone has this delightful camera setting called “portrait mode.” When you take a close up of a person, all these little processes get to work, subtly blurring the background so your eye is drawn right to the subject, softly framed in light. There’s something wonderful about focusing on the subject. 

In this episode of the Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller podcast, Paul and Liz Voboril talk with Kieran Carr, pastor at St. Philips Anglican Church near Perth, Australia about how prayer connects us and our churches to the Spirit's power.

A few years ago, I started to feel uncomfortable with my then lower elementary aged kids’ lack of engagement in our worship service. There was no pressure around us to make a change; my discomfort didn’t feel like embarrassment or guilt, but a nudge from the Lord to take action!