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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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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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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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Welcome to Beautiful Prayer Common Prayer
Welcome to Beautiful Prayer, Common Prayer, the first in a series of Faith 15 workshops designed to help you deepen your spiritual life. This season after the Epiphany, we will be exploring prayer. As we get started, I invite you to Watch the attached welcome video. Collect your initial thoughts on prayer. Write them down.…
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Learning to Pray
Prayer God of Hope, be with me, with us today. Inspire us, encourage us, stir us up that we might know you better. That we might love you better. That we might see you, among these friends, today. Amen. Introduction The format is simple. Some teaching, some talking, some summarizing, some homework. Discussion When you…
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Prayers for Gaza
As of this morning 60 Palestinians were declared dead and over 2,300 were injured in a massacre along the fence in Gaza. Moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was what Rachel Shabi called “a deliberate upturning of international conventions.” And timing it for this auspicious date was an intentional thumb on…
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Prayers For When the Snow Refuses to Stop Falling
Growing up in northern Michigan, the idea of snow in April isn’t weird to me. It wasn’t even weird to think about snow making an appearance in May or June. And at the other end of the calendar, we had to integrate snowsuits into our Halloween costume design. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get…