It’s time again for the Bay Area Prayer Conference.

Intercede.

That single word is doing more work than you might realize.

The Aramaic behind it is ܦܢܦܢܟܝܫܐ (parpalaya) — a word that means to step between two parties and refuse to move until reconciliation occurs. It's the word the earliest Aramaic-speaking church used to describe what it means to stand in a gap. Not to ask politely from a distance. To enter the breach.

This is what we are calling each other to on Saturday, December 5, 2026.