Prayer is simultaneously a very personal and very communal event. It is just you and God talking; at the same time it is part of a great and ancient conversation of the Church Universal. Throughout the Fall we’ve talked about 9 great paper prayer books (part 1 and 2), definitions of reasons to and examples…
Month: November 2013
Confession: I like Twilight + 3 reasons I had thought I wouldn’t
For years, I resisted reading Twilight. It wasn’t that I thought I wouldn’t like it. I was afraid I would like it too much. I had heard that they were poorly written, misogynistic, and spiritually dark. And what would it say about me—a writer, a feminist, a Christian—if I liked Twilight? Twilight hit upon some…
How to use the Book of Common Prayer for Morning Prayer: An Example for Mid-November
As a follow up to last week’s little glossary of terms, I thought this week we’d actually plunge into the Book of Common Prayer, and do Morning Prayer together. In terms of the church year, we’re three weeks out from Advent, or 27 weeks after Pentecost. There are a lot of different ways you…
Foreign Words and Conversations: A Guided Tour of Prayer Book Terminology
Hi friends! I’m so happy that it’s early November, with a tiny bit more time to write and walk through swirls of red maples leave in the chilly Autumn winds. Here in the Rogers Hays household, we’re officially at the one-month mark until Evan is finished with his student teaching. Hooray! It’s also been…