What Does It Mean to Pray “Deliver Us from Evil”? Here is my reflection on this question, as I continue my series on the Lord's Prayer.
What Does It Mean to Pray, “Deliver Us from Evil”?
What Does It Mean to Pray “Lead Us Not into Temptation”?
What Does It Mean to Pray “Lead us not into temptation”? Here is my reflection on this question, as I continue my series on the Lord's Prayer.
What Does It Mean to Pray “Forgive Us Our Trespasses”?
What Does It Mean to Pray “Forgive Us Our Trespasses”? Here is my reflection on this question, as I continue my series on the Lord's Prayer.
What Does It Mean to Pray “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”?
What does it mean to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread"? Here is my reflection on this question, as I continue my series on the Lord's Prayer.
What Does It Mean to Pray “Thy Will Be Done”?
What does it mean to pray, "Thy will be done"? Here is my reflection on this question.
Pray in Secret: My Sermon on Ash Wednesday
"Shut the door, and pray to your Father who is in secret," Jesus teaches us. This year, because of this pandemic, many of us are forced not only to pray in secret, but to worship behind our closed door, too. Here is my sermon for this most unusual of Ash Wednesdays.
What Does It Mean to Pray “Thy Kingdom Come”?
Jesus teaches us to pray, "Thy kingdom come." Here is a reflection on what this means for us.
What Does It Mean to Hallow God’s Name?
Jesus teaches us in the Lord's Prayer to hallow God's name. Here is a reflection on what that means for us as his followers.
Why We Pray “Our Father”
The one who prays never prays alone.Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together When Jesus taught us to pray, he did not teach us to pray “My Father” but “Our Father.” Why? The reason is as powerful as it is simple: Because when we pray, we never pray alone. It is almost a certainty that whenever we pray…
The Blessing We Seek
A sonnet inspired by the Beatitudes shared by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount.
