O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light; Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in tho the hope of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the …
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Come Pray with Me: Easter 2021
I'm starting a new prayer cycle for the Easter Season. This will be similar to the one I convened last fall. Details are on the Come Pray with Me page. I'd love to have you join us in an extended reflection and celebration of the Resurrection.
Observing a Holy Lent
I invite you, therefore in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word. --Ash Wednesday service, Book of Common Prayer The observance of Lent has seen a resurgence in recent years among those …
Advent Dawns
O Dayspring, splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness; Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.O Antiphons, Traditional Advent is traditionally observed as a fast of self-reflection similar to Lent. However, my weeping in this season tends to be not so much for my own sinfulness as it …
Comfort Ye
"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope." --Romans 15:4 I've been spending a lot of time with the prophets lately and finding them strangely comforting. Something about their unwavering confidence to speak God's word has been a …
Advent Expectation
Waiting, longing, anticipation . . . these words express one of the primary themes for the Advent season. In our own lives, we are not unfamiliar with waiting. Waiting has its simple forms: queuing in a traffic jam, sitting through soccer practice, or taking number 98 when they are serving number 32. But waiting also …
Hope
"Let the Amen sound from His people again"Joachim Neander (1650-1680); Translated by Catherine Winkworth Today is a day to sing "Amen." Let's affirm with generations of saints--"Yes I believe." When Jesus tells the Pharisees to render to Caesar what is Caesar's, he also tells them to give to God what is God's. To give to God …
Power
"There is no fight He cannot win, no far place from which He cannot bring His children home."--Amanda Bible Williams, The Lord Is Our God It's pretty easy to recognize that we are currently living in a very hostile, public battle for power. But how often do we recognize the equally hostile, but much more …
Healing
"Wherever the brokenness of sin touches, wherever fragmentation and alienation occurs, the mission of God looks like putting back together what evil has torn apart."--Glenn Packiam Physical injuries often require external intervention to facilitate healing. Washing a laceration to remove impurities, soothing a wound with the application of ointment, the surgical alignment of bones, (in …
Repentance
"Our greatest need and God's greatest gift are the same thing: forgiveness of sins. And to receive it, we have only to ask and pass it on. But to ask for it, we must first admit that we need it." Pete Grieg, How to Pray, p.170 The brokenness of our world has a source. It …
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