Prayer
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My current work in “Living in Babylon” and now a “devotional” read through Isaiah leave me drained in my heart. (It’s not a “devotional read”. It’s more of a prayerful read. Right now, it’s a lot of heavy prayer.) So, I pray for the Church. And the prayers OF the Church guide me, for which… Read more
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O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to… Read more
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These are prayers on my heart today: Read more
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Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ… Read more
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There are three pictures burned into my mind and spirit now. Three moments. Three children. Read more
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There are days when the prayers of others help me in my personal praying. I am finding this discipline far more helpful as the years go by. Prayer for Mission: O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of theearth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to thosewho are far… Read more
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“Woke up this a.m. with the feeling very strong — I belong to Someone to whom I owe devotion. Recalled early love and the joyous sense of being not my own, but of belonging to someone who loved me completely.” — Dorothy Day, from The Reckless Way of Love Read more
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There are phrases that capture my imagination from time to time in my reading. This one takes my breath away this morning: “…we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire.” — Deuteronomy 5:24 Read more
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I am working my way through Exodus currently and in Chapter 5 there is this thought that comes to me: We hear a word of “DELIVERANCE” or “FREEDOM” and think, “It must be NOW!” Read more
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The rebukes of Jesus to his disciples constantly challenge me. I am especially challenged when he points out their “little faith” or “no faith.” In Matthew 17, after Jesus has come down from the transfiguration event, the disciples have been confronted with a situation they can’t handle. The trouble they have is they experienced the… Read more
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