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A Litany for Father’s Day
A few years ago I posted a litany for Mother’s Day here as an offering for those who found that day hard. I didn’t post a prayer for Father’s Day. For me this has always been a good day. Since I’ve...
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Prayer: Adoration
My mother was the organist and choir director at our church, so I grew up somewhere near the third pew. During worship, my eyes followed my father’s finger through the hymnal. We sang: Crown Him with...
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Prayer: Confession I
Bringing Confession Home My life is displayed when You drop by: our shoes piled haphazard at the door, kids’ toys and clothes on the floor, the paper unread but spread across the coffee table, the...
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L is for Litany (an alphabet for penitents)
lit·a·ny [ˈlitnē] NOUN a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. a tedious recital or...
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Sola Oratio: a book review
The Reformers railed and raged against abuses they found in the One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. They also were each devout men of God who prayed, believing how you approached God mattered. It...
View ArticleDirecting My Kid’s Spiritual Formation: a book review.
As an erstwhile pastor and a full-time parent, I have a vested interest in my kids’ spiritual formation. So I was excited to dig into Jared Patrick Boyd’s book, Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide For...
View ArticlePraying Foolish Prayers: a prayer book review
This week, is St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day (October 4th), the Medieval saint and celebrated founder of the Franciscan order. Francis was a holy fool—a self-styled subversive of the wisdom of his...
View ArticleWaiting: Hope (Advent Week 1)
Hope deferred and heartsick, the waiting begins again. How long this time? How long will the wicked— predators and abusers— exult? How long will we dismiss the wounded? Or will we ignore as the...
View ArticleWaiting: Peace (Advent Week 2)
Pass the Peace please! We’re fed up with fighting, with struggle, with strife. We’ve seen lambs devoured by Wall-street-wolves, the Bull & Bear attack mere calflings. Victims & victimizers...
View ArticleReading as Prayer through Lent & Easter: a book (p)review
We are nearing the beginning of Lent. I love this season! I find the preparatory seasons of the church calendar (Lent and Advent) great times to press into devotional practices which are difficult for...
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