Tag: prayer
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Collects
Corporate worship isn’t the only thing people do “at church,” but it is what everyone thinks of as “going to church.” Many, maybe most, people think churches – that is, congregations – mainly are organized for the purpose of conducting regular corporate worship. If, that is, they think much about “the life of the church” […]
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Coverage
While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care,and everywhere that we can be, Thou, God, art present there. God fills time and space. We don’t always notice that. We get distracted, and forget to remember that God is always with us. But wherever we are, whatever is happening, we can worship […]
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Thoughts on *A Book of Uncommon Prayer* by Brian Doyle
I wish everyone could read this book. I understand that not everyone would think they would want to, for different reasons. But I wish it, anyway, because it is a beautiful book that has the effect of opening a reader’s (my) eyes to the delightful, marvelous, wondrous, good, true, vital things, ordinary things, that surround […]
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Reflecting on John 17 14-24
For Sunday, January 24, we are studying a portion of Jesus’s “great High Priestly Prayer,” as our former pastor used to refer to it, John 17:14-24. [Here are some notes on the text – not enough, probably.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider or discuss: But first, a couple of thoughts. […]
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Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Shelomo [of Karlin] as none other accepted as his own the Baal Shem’s doctrine that before praying [a person] should prepare to die, because the intention of prayer demands the staking of one’s entire self. For him prayer was a stupendous venture to which one must give one’s self up so completely that thought […]
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Prayers for Louisville
7 Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground! 8 The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night,who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth,the Lord is his name,9 who makes destruction flash out […]
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Prayer. Rhymes with Care.
One thing people do at church is pray for each other. One thing this means is that when you get a call early in the morning to tell you that a family member is unwell in the way that is going to require the kind of major surgical intervention that means everyone in the family […]
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“This Morning, 4 a.m.”
Originally posted on Utopian Discourse:
What I wrote this morning: First, it’s been extraordinarily difficult making time to do serious work on this project. It would seem this would be easy, since I’m not teaching and theoretically my part-time job requires fewer hours than teaching. In reality, however, as usual, this has proved not exactly correct… -
Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Luke 11 1-13
We are studying Luke 11:1-13 for Sunday, February 23 [which will be the day after the church’s CAJUN DINNER, Saturday, 5-7 p.m.; PLEASE COME if you’re in the area!!]. The text is Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, which our curriculum identifies as the “Disciples’ Prayer,” along with a parable and other teachings on prayer. […]
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Study Notes – Luke 11 1-13
We are studying Luke 11:1-13 for Sunday, February 23. This is Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer – we looked at Matthew’s version last week – along with some additional teachings on prayer. Or relationship with God. We’ll get to think about that. Here are some notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: We’ve turned […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 6 9-15
We are studying Matthew 6:9-15 for Sunday, February 16 – the Lord’s Prayer! This is a text that most Christians, even most new Christians, will know well. Although there is a story of three hermits and the prayer that suggests that maybe not all the saints are familiar with it.[*] Anyway, some notes on the […]
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Study Notes – Matthew 6 9-15
We are studying Matthew 6:9-15 for Sunday, February 16 – otherwise known as “the Lord’s Prayer,” or “Our Father.” We may all feel that more notes on this text are redundant, since this is one of those Biblical texts that most regular church-goers have long-since memorized, and since it has been the focus of more […]
Matters of Interpretation 