Welcome to a National Time of Guided Prayer
Every Wednesday, starting on Wednesday January 20th through March 31st, 2021 we will lead a time of guided prayer. We are welcoming a number of friends of the Colson Center to lead us in a devotional on a Proverb and a time of guided prayer. The prayer times begin at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time (EST). We will livestream our time together, inviting you to join us in prayer.
In registering for the National Time of Guided Prayer you will receive two emails each week. Each Tuesday we will email you a short bio of the guest leading our prayer time. You will also receive a website link to join the prayer time on Wednesday through the live stream.
On Thursday you will receive a follow-up email from our time together. This email will include the link to view the prayer time we held on Wednesday. You will also receive a devotional from the prayer time along with links for any resources mentioned in the prayer time. The Thursday emails will include links to full-length prayer times and all past devotionals and mentioned resources as well. Full-length videos and resources will not be posted on this page, but are instead available once registered for the Time of Guided Prayer, available by completing the registration form on this page.
Below you will find the video from the first week in our National Time of Guided Prayer. Highlights from past prayer times are also included below. We hope to see you in our live stream prayer times and to connect with you through our emails as we participate in this time of guided prayer through Proverbs.
The angle of these Prayer Times isn't 'what's happening out there'. The real angle of these prayer times is what's happening in the church.
Right now, we have to do a lot of recalibration. We have to recalibrate who we are in the culture and what it means to ground ourselves in the Truth.
- John Stonestreet
Week 11 | March 31: John Stonestreet
John Stonestreet
BreakPoint Radio & Podcast Host
President of The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He’s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education and apologetics. John is the daily voice of BreakPoint, the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is also the voice of the Point, a daily one-minute feature on worldview, apologetics and cultural issues.
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Week 10 | March 24: Shane Morris
Shane Morris
Senior Writer | The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Shane Morris is a senior writer at the Colson Center, where he has been the resident Calvinist and millennial, home-school grad since 2010 as an intern under Chuck Colson. He writes BreakPoint commentaries and columns. Shane co-hosts the Ask the Colson Center segment of the BreakPoint Podcast with John Stonestreet. Shane is also the host of Upstream with Shane Morris, a podcast on the Colson Center Podcast Network.
Shane has written for The Federalist, The Christian Post, and Summit Ministries, and he blogs regularly for Patheos Evangelical as Troubler of Israel. He has appeared on broadcasts like Equipped with Chris Brooks and Issues, Etc., exploring topics like popular theology, marriage and family, and movies.
Shane is fascinated by the natural world, which he explores whenever possible in SCUBA gear. He lives to make the doctrines of Christianity accessible and exciting. He invites others to appreciate the relationship between God’s Word and His world.
For Shane, storytelling is also key to worldview teaching, with works like C. S. Lewis’ Cosmic Trilogy and Milton’s Paradise Lost giving theology a voice with which to sing. Shane graduated from Thomas Edison State College with a degree in humanities. He lives with his wife, Gabriela, and their three children, Astrid, Elijah, and Peter in Tampa, Florida.
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Week 9 | March 17: Matt Heard
Matt Heard
Pastor | Founder of THRIVE
Matt Heard is the Founder and Principal of THRIVE, a teaching, speaking, and coaching ministry that engages people to flourish as fully alive human beings to God's glory in every arena of their life, journey, and culture. The seeds for Matt’s vision were planted when he studied at L’Abri in Huémoz, Switzerland with Francis Schaeffer, who introduced him to the writings of the late Hans Rookmaaker, an art historian known for proclaiming, “Jesus didn’t come to make us Christian; Jesus came to make us fully human.” A graduate of Wheaton College and Reformed Theological Seminary, Matt is the author of Life with a Capital L: Embracing Your God-Given Humanity. He and his wife, Arlene, are the grateful parents of three adult sons and two daughters-in-law and they divide their time between Colorado Springs and Orlando. He can be contacted through his website, mattheard.org.
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Week 8 | March 10: Cheryl Bachelder
Cheryl Bachelder
Author | CEO Mentor
Cheryl Bachelder is the former CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., a multibillion-dollar chain of more than 2,600 restaurants around the world. She has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, featured on Mad Money, and received top industry awards. She had prior leadership positions at Yum! Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, the Gillette Company, and Procter & Gamble. Today, Cheryl serves on boards, mentors CEOs, and invests in philanthropy.
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Week 7 | March 3: Jennifer Marshall-Patterson
Jennifer Patterson
Director of the Institute of Theology and Public Life | Reformed Theological Seminary - Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Patterson is a visiting lecturer and director of the Institute of Theology and Public Life at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She has worked in public policy for 25 years on issues related to family, poverty, and religious liberty. Jennifer holds degrees from Wheaton College, the Institute of World Politics, and Reformed Theological Seminary. She is currently a doctoral candidate in moral theology and ethics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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Week 6 | February 24: Det. J. Warner Wallace
Det. J. Warner Wallace
Senior Fellow | The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Det. J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an adjunct professor of apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary, and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. J. Warner became a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-five after investigating the claims of the New Testament gospels using his skill set as a detective. He eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Gateway Seminary. Det. Wallace is leading the Time of Guided Prayer on Wednesday, February 24 at 10:30am EST.
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Week 5 | February 17: Dr. Bill Brown
Dr. Bill Brown
Senior Fellow of Worldview and Culture | The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Dr. Bill Brown is Senior Fellow of Worldview and Culture and Dean of the Colson Fellows. Prior to joining the Colson Center, Bill was President of Cedarville University and Bryan College. He also serves as the Senior Executive of WorldAPP, an international technology firm with offices in Kiev, London and Boston. As President of Radical Leadership (and his popular web log, Radical Life www.williamebrown.org) he carries a heavy schedule speaking for conferences, universities, churches, and schools. He mentors and consults with leaders in ministry and business and assists colleges, schools and organizations in being more effective and employee-centered. Dr. Brown has a passion for discussing worldviews, and an incredible heart for students. These two passions have aligned to create the re:View worldview study, focused on teaching students how to discern and engage culture by first knowing truth. Dr. Brown is leading the Time of Guided Prayer on Wednesday, February 17 at 10:30am EST.
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Week 4 | February 10: Sarah Stonestreet & Erin Kunkle
Sarah Stonestreet & Erin Kunkle
Co-Hosts of The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet and Erin Kunkle are the co-hosts of the Strong Women podcast. They are two friends who are calling attention to the Biblical foundation of being a strong woman. Their new podcast is the latest example of their on-going endeavor to redeem the way culture views and celebrates women.
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Week 3 | February 3: Trevin Wax
Trevin Wax
Author | Bible and Reference Publisher - LifeWay Christian Resources
Trevin K. Wax is the Bible and Reference Publisher for LifeWay Christian Resources. A former missionary to Romania, Trevin hosts a blog at The Gospel Coalition and regularly contributes to the Washington Post, Religion News Service, World and Christianity Today, which named him one of 33 millennials shaping the next generation of evangelicals. His books include Eschatological Discipleship, This Is Our Time, and Gospel-Centered Teaching among other published works. He and his wife, Corina, have three Children.
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Week 2 | January 27: Sean McDowell
Sean McDowell
Author | Associate Professor of Apologetics - Biola University
Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. In addition to his role as Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, Sean travels throughout the United States and abroad, speaking at camps, churches, schools, universities, and conferences. Sean is the co-host for the Think Biblically podcast, which is one of the most popular podcasts on faith and cultural engagement. He has written, co-written, or edited more than twenty books and has a leading apologetics blogs at seanmcdowell.org. In April 2000, Sean married his high school sweetheart, Stephanie. They have three children and live in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Week 1 | January 20: John Stonestreet
John Stonestreet
BreakPoint Radio & Podcast Host
President of The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He’s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education and apologetics. John is the daily voice of BreakPoint, the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is also the voice of the Point, a daily one-minute feature on worldview, apologetics and cultural issues.
