On the Road to Emmaus

Meditations, musings and traveler’s tales…

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Why Use Written Prayers? (A series explaining the logic and reasons behind Christian liturgy and worship)

8 January, 2010 (23:11) | Prayer | No comments

Among Evangelical and Charismatic Christians, reactions to liturgical aspects of worship and prayer vary greatly from intrigue, to delight, to bewilderment, to straight up scoffing. This series will attempt to explain some of the reasons behind liturgical prayer aimed at people with little or no (positive) experience with it, though ideally it will also be [...]

New Years Resolutions, Industrial Holiness and the Spirituality of Life

2 January, 2010 (17:50) | Personal, Pneumatology (Spirit) | No comments

I am personally not a fan of new-years resolutions, because most never get accomplished. However, I’ve decided to take some time to reflect on what it might mean to “sanctify” the coming year to God. My thoughts here are following Jurgen Moltmann’s book Spirit of Life.
Moltmann takes issue with popularized conceptions of “spirituality.” Sometimes spirituality [...]