Pray without ceasing–I'm learning what that means this week:        My friend and renowned author Carolyn Custis James's diagnosis of stage 1 lung cancer and her surgery today.        My friend and long-time Bible teacher Shirley Hotchkiss's miserable bout with brain cancer causing such severe nausea that she ended up in the hospital this week.          An unnamed friend who lost a promising ministry opportunity because someone snuck in and sabotaged the hiring process this week.        Oh, Lord, I'm reeling from a bad news tidal wave week and I want it to stop.         But I can't make it stop. All I can do is lift up these…