Recently, I participated in a prayer group, and one of the first orders of business was that of adding names to a prayer list. We had several categories to add names of people who needed prayer, and when every category was mentioned, I thought to myself, “I need to add my own name. I need…
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Pray Even When You Are Desperate, Dark, and Angry – Start Where You Are – Anne Lamott on Prayer: Help, Thanks, Wow
I cannot tell you how many times I have walked into the hair salon with a hat on my head, begging the stylist not to run and hide at the sight of my hair, This is sort of the same behavior as when I know my housekeeper is coming, and I stay up all night…
Prayer with Anne Lamott’s Book: Help, Thanks, Wow – Pray in Private
Yesterday, I decided to offer a special online event featuring Anne Lamott’s book about prayer, Help, Thanks, Wow. That decision came after I shared my experience with Light in my garden and afterward when I came inside and randomly fell on the page in Lamott’s book where she talks about Light. I promise…
The Daily Harvest from My Garden – The Gifts of God for the People of God
Harvested from My Garden Today–on My Screened Porch. Heirloom Cucumbers, Better Boy Tomatoes, Kentucky Wonder Green Beans, and California Giant Zinnias. i did not plant the cucumbers or the beans. They are returns from dropped seeds last summer. This morning I went out to my garden and loaded the tale of my t-shirt with some…
Excerpts from the Book Lord, Teach Us to Pray by Andrew Murray
Lord, Teach Us To Pray By Rev. Andrew Murray Copyright 1896 LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY OR THE ONLY TEACHER. “The disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer. They had learnt to…
Thoughts about Using the Bible in Prayer – Excerpts from the Book Subconscious Religion
Today, I stumbled upon the following book by Russell N. Cronwell, Subconscious Religion, Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers. Chapter VI Use of the Bible in Prayer “IT will be useful to any seeker after God to examine the agencies which have helped those whose prayers have been conspicuously answered. Among the many helps which, seemingly,…
Help, Thanks, Wow – Quotes from Anne Lamott’s Book about Prayer
“If we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you’re dying. You’re saying: Leave me alone; I don’t mind this little rathole. It’s…
Teach Me to Pray: A Collection of Prayers and Prayer-Like Words
Many years ago, I was impressed by the passage in Matthew where Jesus denounced hypocrisy in religion, and as I begin training to join the Order of the Daughters of the Queen, which is largely a formal prayer group, I have committed to learn how to pray honest, humble prayers and to avoid repeating shallow,…
The Evening Prayer – Looking at Some of the “Other” Things Written in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer & Comparing that to Other Evening Prayers and Light versus Darkness
I recently came across a phrase suggesting that other than the well-used “Dirty Pages” of the Book of Common Prayer, most Episcopalians know little about is written in their official book of prayers and services. I decided it was time to check out what else this book contains. At my recent Episcopalian Inquirer’s Class, our…