“Blessed God! I flee to your Almighty power. You see me surrounded with difficulties and dangers, and stretch out your… Read more Puritan, Philip Doddridge’s Fitting Prayer for 2022
Category: Prayer
Pray For America
Christians come in under the Kingship of Christ. Despite the busy to and fro of politics, He remains Lord; God’s… Read more Pray For America
The Shadows of Angels Were Always Obscured By The Dark
Jaded. Silence and emergency, In bludgeoning contrast, clang in discordant unity. The murderous, winsome sin of vain words Like… Read more The Shadows of Angels Were Always Obscured By The Dark
Prayer Is Not Stoic Detachment: The Uselessness of Condemning Prayer as Useless
Politicising tragedy for political leverage seems to be the going thing these days. By the tone on social media, one… Read more Prayer Is Not Stoic Detachment: The Uselessness of Condemning Prayer as Useless
A Storm, a Prayer & My Inconsistent Gratitude
This is the closest I might come to writing an old-school, blues influenced, straight-up, Gospel song. It was written in… Read more A Storm, a Prayer & My Inconsistent Gratitude
Knight The Wounded
. Find this level of emptiness. Forgive my heart’s forgetfulness. Engulf my worship of sadness. Embrace this prayer, despite my… Read more Knight The Wounded
F.D.R. June 6th, 1944: “Let Us Devote Ourselves To A Continuance Of Prayer”
With the start of the new school year we’ve been engineering the tone of homeschool for the rest of the year. So,… Read more F.D.R. June 6th, 1944: “Let Us Devote Ourselves To A Continuance Of Prayer”
Prayer For That Which Was Seldom Shown
. Unlike greed, lies, abuse and false claims, . rain falls and doesn’t stain. Lord,… Read more Prayer For That Which Was Seldom Shown
Prayer, Creativity & Effort: Motivating Ourselves From “Yawn” to “Yes, We Can!”
Getting from yawn to, “yes, we can!” isn’t an impossibility. Neither does it require a master’s degree in astrophysics or… Read more Prayer, Creativity & Effort: Motivating Ourselves From “Yawn” to “Yes, We Can!”
On Liturgy & Scripted Prayer: Zombiefied Empty Ritual Is Not The Full Story
Prayer books are too often under read. Where this applies in my own life is ‘The Book of Common Prayer’… Read more On Liturgy & Scripted Prayer: Zombiefied Empty Ritual Is Not The Full Story