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Author: Jeff McLain

I’m a Doctor of Ministry student at Kairos University, where my research focuses on the Lord’s Prayer as a path and framework for spiritual formation and communal discipleship. I also hold an MBA in Executive Leadership from City Vision University, along with two master’s degrees from Fuller Seminary—one in Theology and Ministry, and the other in Global Leadership. Currently, I serve as the Director of Pastoral Ministries at Water Street Mission and as the pastor of River Corner Church. My journey to this point has taken me from activism and hitchhiking to seminary classrooms and ministry leadership. I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with my wife and our three daughters, where we try to live simply, love deeply, and enjoy life outdoors whenever we can. Through this site and my Lead a Quiet Life blog on Patheos, I share what I’m learning about prayer, discipleship, and leading a quieter, more intentional life with Jesus.
Book Review: A Simple Way to Pray by Martin Luther (Translated by Matthew C. Harrison)

Book Review: A Simple Way to Pray by Martin Luther (Translated by Matthew C. Harrison)

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Luther’s A Simple Way to Pray reveals both brilliance and blindness—he prays against others but misses the prayer’s call to inward renewal.

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Book Review: The Lord’s Prayer: Perspectives for Reclaiming Christian Prayer Edited By Daniel L. Migliore

Book Review: The Lord’s Prayer: Perspectives for Reclaiming Christian Prayer Edited By Daniel L. Migliore

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

A thorough review of The Lord’s Prayer: Perspectives for Reclaiming Christian Prayer, exploring its timeless insights, theology, and voices.

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Book Review: Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

Book Review: Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025

A review of Leonora Tubbs Tisdale’s Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art—a timeless call to exegete the congregation.

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Book Review: A Layman Looks at the Lord’s Prayer by W. Phillip Keller

Book Review: A Layman Looks at the Lord’s Prayer by W. Phillip Keller

September 26, 2025

W. Phillip Keller’s A Layman Looks at the Lord’s Prayer offers a simple, visual, and devotional reflection on this well-loved prayer.

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Book Review: Pray by Neil Cole

Book Review: Pray by Neil Cole

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025

Prayer is dangerous, transformative, and essential. In Pray, Neil Cole calls us to leave the harbor and live a life drenched in prayer.

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About Jeff McLain

I’m Jeff McLain, a pastor, writer, and Doctor of Ministry student at Kairos University, based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I explore the Lord’s Prayer as both a theological foundation and a practical guide for spiritual formation and communal discipleship in the church today. I am learning to pray unhurried prayers—anchored in simplicity, shaped by Scripture, and rooted in the way of Jesus.

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Latest Blog Posts:

These recent posts explore how the Lord’s Prayer, spiritual formation, and the call to lead a quiet life shape our everyday faith—guiding our rhythms, relationships, ministry, and understanding of God’s Kingdom.

  • Formative Margins Ministry: Seven Growth OutcomesJanuary 30, 2026
  • Book Review: The Reproducers by Chuck Smith with Hugh StevenJanuary 23, 2026
  • A Pastoral Review of The Gift of Inner Healing by Ruth StapletonJanuary 6, 2026
  • Book Review: Lord, Teach Us To Pray by Arthur Paul BoersJanuary 3, 2026

Lead A Quiet Life Blog

The Lead a Quiet Life blog on Patheos explores what it means to lead a quieter life at a slower pace, discovering a simple life and faith that embraces downward mobility in a chaotic world and a church often obsessed with excess. Inspired by 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12, I share my reflections as a pastor and writer on spiritual formation, spiritual disciplines, simple living, and missional investments—inviting those who feel disillusioned, but still hopeful, to rediscover a quieter, deeper way of following Jesus.

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