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Posts Tagged ‘Prayer’
Hateful “Prayer”?
Faithlab has this interesting snippet about a fundamentalist in California who is openly “praying” for the death of President Obama. They observe (I think correctly) that this is contrary to Jesus’ own example. What is “prayer”? If we accept that it is that dialogue we have with God throughout the day – then is it [...]
Week of Christian Unity 2009
Over the next week (18-25 Jan), Christians across the globe are praying for reconciliation and unity among believers. As I stumbled across this article (and this one) and the prayer specifically written for this year’s event (see below) – it made me think of Paul’s admonition to Timothy that a necessary quality of a leader/minister [...]
Unravelling the Meaning . . .
“. . . I will not reveal your mysteries to your enemies, nor give you a kiss as did Judas . . .” We had a rather interesting conversation about this line in the prayer before communion this morning at breakfast. It is a reminder that Christianity is a “mystery cult” and begs the question [...]
The Struggle to Practice
This post from Velveteen Rabbi is wonderful – go read it! In it she talks about the competing “voices” that we encounter as we go about practicing faith. In her example she relates this necessary tension to the “mundane” practice of morning prayer. One says but this and that need to be done, and of [...]