In my observation, core spiritual truths are applicable to nearly every arena of life, not just to religion but also to business, education or politics. They’re as beneficial to those who don’t believe in God as to those who go to church three times a week. They’re woven into the world we inhabit as surely as the law of gravity. One of these universal truths is the principle of balance.

The Pentecostal/Charismatic revival is the fastest-growing religious phenomenon on the planet, bar none. Reliable statistics for it are hard to pin down, but estimates range from a half-billion to as many as one billion. What we know for sure is that more and more adherents worldwide are gathering together to worship in home churches and tiny storefront churches, all the way to massive megachurches.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 19.1% of U.S. adults have had an anxiety disorder in the past year—and 31.1% have had one at some point in their lives. This method of praying not a magic wand. It may not replace anti-anxiety medication. But boy, it does help. If you’re a fellow anxiety sufferer, try this. It can’t hurt you. It has no unpleasant side effects. It may do you great good.

There have been perhaps five times when the supernatural burst headlong into my mundane, drone-bee existence. For me, on average that figures out to one visitation (or whatever you want to call it, I’m not a stickler about terminology) every 12 or 15 years, although my experiences haven’t been that predictable.