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Saint Benedict’s Reminder for Daily Life

July 11, 2021 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

Most prayer books sitting in the pew rack have a section of pages that are somewhat dirty. You see them from the side while the book is closed. They are darkened and protruding out a bit.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, Daily Office, Evening Prayer, St. Benedict

A Practice, a Prayer & Two Three-Point Turns

June 10, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Lolo had volleyball practice last night from 5-7 p.m. just like every other Tuesday and Thursday since March when this masked season hesitantly started.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Evening Prayer, Prayer

Reading, Writing, and Praying the Psalms

June 2, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles 3 Comments

In March 2020, my small church pressed the pause button on several ministries. Even as some groups stopped gathering, other ministries adapted, evolved and even grew.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible Study, Prayer, Psalms

All Shall Be Well

May 8, 2021 By Victoria Hoppes Leave a Comment

“…all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.”

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: julian of norwich, Prayer, youth ministry

Prayers of a Mom

May 4, 2021 By Sarah Carr 1 Comment

Saint Augustine of Hippo writes of his mom’s persistence in her fight for his soul while he lived a life devoted wholly to his self and the fulfilling of its passions.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Good Shepherd, motherhood, Prayer

If We Are to Follow Christ

April 10, 2021 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Considered a spiritual masterpiece, A Serious Call published in 1729, stands the test of time and challenges Christians to participate in a common life centered on the precepts of the Gospel.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Prayer, worship

Prayer: When, How, and Why

February 11, 2021 By Raymond Capo Leave a Comment

Do you talk to God? 

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Holy contradictions: commemorating Thomas Merton

December 10, 2020 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

Back when my middle-aged sons were little boys, another young mom from church handed me a copy of Thomas Merton’s Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, […]

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, grandparenting, Merton, Prayer, retreat

Engaging with Online Prayer

November 11, 2020 By Kristin Herman 2 Comments

If you’ve never taken part in online prayer before, it can be daunting knowing where to begin.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: coronavirus, Prayer

Saint Simon and Saint Jude: Obscure Saints, Profound Wisdom

October 28, 2020 By Mary Lee Wile 2 Comments

I think we need a virtual army of intercessors, led by this patron saint of desperate causes, to help us through our own current “difficult time.”

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, grandparenting, Prayer, St. Jude

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