The Way to Pray
Last week, I preached on prayer. Here’s what I had to say: Here are the notes for the sermon
Category Archives: prayer
A prayer
God, creator of heaven and earth, it is time for you to come, for our time is running out and our world is passing away. You gave us life in peace, one with another, and we have ruined it in … Continue reading
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Let me never be put to shame
In various monastic writings we find two verses emphasized as being among the most spiritually effective prayers. Psalm 71:1-2 (NIV)– In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and … Continue reading
When bad times hit good people
“I’ve been reading through the first books of the Bible again and I think there’s a lot to chew on that might help us better understand what’s going on, why things aren’t working right even though we’re trying to do … Continue reading
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Prayer and Patrick
This is something I wrote on St. Patrick’s day, 2005: Good Irish weather this morning. Cool and overcast, a slight breeze, and all the green in the forest beginning to celebrate Spring. My shamrock windsock has been dancing around all … Continue reading
Goings on
I’ve a bit on my plate this month. Major presentation last week on one of the most difficult books I’ve read. Major paper due this week, twenty five pages, on Moltmann’s theology of beauty. Twenty one pages are now written. … Continue reading
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A selection
Amy was around all weekend, keeping me, for the most part, away from the computer. So, she’s gone away, again, and I’m back to my posting. This time the reading is from Mark the Ascetic, and since they are short … Continue reading
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Prayer and Beauty
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if only He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He enters it and puts to flight the whole array of thoughts … Continue reading
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If you are a theologian, you will pray truly. And if you pray truly, you are a theologian. ~Evagrios Tomorrow I begin school again. To become a theologian according to the academy. However, I cannot forget that it is not … Continue reading
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cast away
It is essential, then, to imitate people who are in danger at sea and throw things overboard because of the violence of the winds and the threatening waves. But here we must be very careful in case we cast things … Continue reading
