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Pray
Making your beautiful prayer common. Prompt 5: Let’s hear what you’ve got! Read: Read over your notes and prayers from last week. Assignment: Pick an opening and closing that you like. And practice praying with the basic outline. Practice in a mirror, in the shower, or in your car–wherever you are.Take notes on what works for you…
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Just a little demon possession
The story of Jesus exorcising demons is challenging for the modern reader. The real question is what is Mark trying to show us?
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Construct
This is the day you’ve been waiting for. It’s time to write a prayer. Maybe you’ve done this already. But if not, here’s your chance. Prompt 4: You have everything you need right now! Read: Read over your notes and previous assignments. Pick out the themes that speak to you. Assignment: Write a prayer using the four…
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Beacons of Christ in a stormy world
Being a beacon of Christ doesn’t mean we need to be perfect. It means we still need to help others even when we feel lost.
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Form
When I was a kid, all I knew about prayer was from what we did. I learned about prayer by observing it. This week, we’re going to explore the different forms prayer takes. Prompt 3: Where is the diversity in your prayer life? Read: Read about Prayer and Worship in the Book of Common Prayer (The Catechism pp.…
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Jonah and the undisciplined opposition to prophesy
Like Jonah, we fear to live into our calling. Then hate those we’re called to help. It isn’t about being good, but becoming it.
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Deconstruct
When a master composes a symphony, we ask, “how does she do it?”Or a painter transforms a canvas, the same, “how does she do it?” What is genius? True genius is using your skill to make the difficult seem ordinary. Prompt 2: What are prayers made of? Read: Study the prayers found in the Prayers…
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Why Pray?
Prayer. What does your mind conjure when you hear that word? Perhaps images, moments, life experiences, people. Prayer means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Getting at the root of prayer means digging into what it is we think we’re doing. Prompt 1: What is prayer to you? Read: Read…
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