On the Road to Emmaus

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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 | 8 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 | No comments

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 | 3 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 [...]

Out of Exile – When the Day of Pentecost Had Fully Come (Part 4)

11 July, 2009 (18:44) | Acts, Pentecost | No comments

As we continue to explore the meaning of Pentecost in light of the narrative of Old Testament history, today our journey brings us to Ezekiel 37. In this passage, the prophet Ezekiel is given a vision in which he sees a valley full of dry bones. In verse 11, the interpretation is given by God, [...]