nervous about what to pray

On 23 November, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A lot of people get nervous when asked to pray… especially if it’s praying in public.

Most of the apprehension comes from “not knowing the right words to pray.” And in certain Christian sub-cultures it’s not unwarranted. Without delving into some of the clichés many people are taught to pray and picking them apart, let’s generally [...]

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why are you still praying?

On 22 November, 2011 · 2 Comments

As Moses stood at the mouth of the Red Sea he cried out to God – as most of us would have.

After all, they were penned in. Rock rising up above them, a narrow path behind (that was quickly filling with Pharaoh and his army), an Egyptian outpost just to the north [...]

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the words i pray, and why i’m changing some of them

On 21 November, 2011 · 2 Comments

What if there were a way to generate a word-cloud of my prayers?

Would I be happy with which words were larger? How about the two or three gigantic words – would I want those concepts defining my relationship with God?

In my own prayers, “thanks” would likely be one of the largest [...]

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