On the Road to Emmaus

theological and devotional musings by Richard Liantonio

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Month: July, 2009

How to Pray the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer (Part 1) – Christian Year Overview

31 July, 2009 (21:47) | Christian Year, Prayer | 9 comments

Celebrating the Christian Year has been by far one of the most significant, dynamic and moving spiritual practices that I have ever engaged in.
It may seem strange that to begin guiding you in how to pray the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer, I am not going to be talking about the [...]

My Personal Prayer Action Plan (Developing a Consistent Prayer Life Part 3)

28 July, 2009 (22:51) | Personal, Prayer | 1 comment

This is the third part in a series on the practical side of prayer. Much can be said about the theoretical side of prayer – what is prayer exactly, what does it do, etc. Also, the subject of how God feels and responds to our prayers is a VASTLY significant subject. Many people have difficulty [...]

Opposition to Pre-Written Prayers Comes From the Spirit of the Age (Developing a Consistent Prayer Life Part 2)

18 July, 2009 (10:12) | Prayer | 5 comments

In my experience, whether talking to evangelicals or charismatics (or evangelical-charismatics), there seems to be a fairly strong opposition to using pre-written forms in either corporate or personal prayer. By this I am mostly referring to using prayers written by someone else. Even more specifically, I am speaking of using something akin to the historic [...]