Pandemics force us all to change, whether we like it or not. Among the most drastic changes are restrictions on travel, gathering with others, and going about our business—literally our means of livelihood but also our range of activities outside our homes. Pandemics claim our attention, require us to do life differently than before, and …
Tag Archives: Prayer
19 April 2020
Loving Lord, All praise and honor and glory to you—Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Even to call upon your name is to enter the deepest of mysteries, You who are One yet three, three but One! As high as the heaven of heavens, higher still you are enthroned, Yet as low as any of us …
LENTEN LAMENTATION
At the end of this week followers of Jesus will bring to completion their Lenten observance. They will have named and denied their self-life, shouldered the weight of costly self-sacrifice with Jesus, and come to the Garden and the Cross. They will remember Jesus’ loud cries and tears at the cup handed him, and then …
For the Fifth Sunday in Lent
Loving Lord, We would worship you today in Spirit and Truth, Which is good because we cannot gather with Others, as has been our practice from ages past! But though we remain un-gathered, still we “gather,“ Virtually and truly with myriads of the unseen hosts From before, from now, and also from hereafter, To celebrate …
MISCONCEIVING PRAYER
I have read the research. Apparently, many pastors spend less than five minutes per day in prayer. That suggests, in turn, some of their followers may not pray at all! I’d like to think the research is faulty, but that may only be wishful thinking. Instead, I want to note two common misconceptions that can …