I subscribe to a few blogs and feeds out there – one is Inward Outward a publication of Church of the Saviour in Washington DC. Many days they post insightful and challenging reflections. Here’s one:
By Elizabeth O’Connor
The primary purpose of the disciplines, structures of accountability and mission of the Church is to build life together, [...]
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Caring, Building, Communities
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Morning and Evening Prayers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Morning and Evening Prayers
Loving God with all of our heart…
Morning Prayers
A moment or time to set the direction of our hearts for the day. Simply this can just be a moments of brief prayer such as:
Lord to whom shall I go. You have the words of eternal life and I have believed and have come [...]
A Prayer for the beginning of Day…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God, show me what you are doing today, and how I can be a part of it.
In Coming. In Gathering. In Going.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Church gathers weekly. This has been a core practice for hundreds of years. It is both epic and pathetic. Epic in the sense that God, the Lord of Lords, Jesus of the cross and resurrection, the Holy Spirit, meets us. Pathetic in the sense of the offerings we often bring (if we bring any). [...]
The World God Created is Good
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We believe that the world God created is good, that He creates people in His image,
and that no amount of darkness can erase that divine imprint.
Because we believe that all of life is sacred, we look for God’s fingerprints everywhere.
We celebrate the divine in the daily, pursuing lives of
hope,
gratitude,
and worship.
God invites everyone, everywhere into this [...]
Merton on the Spiritual Disease of our time…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When a journalist asked Thomas Merton to diagnose the leading spiritual disease of our time, the monk gave a curious one-word answer: efficiency. Why? From the monastery to the Pentagon, the plant has to run… and there is little time or energy left over after that to do anything else.
PS Thought for the Day (Prayer)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Praying Selflessly
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The psalms teach us to pray as a fellowship. The Body of Christ is praying, and as an individual one acknowledges that his prayer is only a minute fragment of the whole prayer of the Church. He learns to pray the prayer of the Body of Christ. And that lifts him above his [...]
Easter Weekend of Prayer Fasting 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday April 10, 7pm through Sunday April 12, 7am.
36 hours of Worshipping, Praying, Listening and Ministering together. Please be in prayer as we lead up to this important weekend and consider which time slots you might sign up for.
Sat April 11 from 7-10 am the Elders will be available to pray with people. If you [...]
A Prayer for the Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being, so utterly,
That our lives may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us,
That every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our soul.
Let [...]
Mother Teresa’s Business Cards
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An Indian admirer of Mother Teresa, a businessman, once had five lines printed for her on small yellow cards. These she called her “business cards” and she offered them freely to people because they clearly explained the direction of her work, her simple path. This path is one that she has distilled from [...]
