Scribe on February 3rd, 2012

I give you thanks, O Lord for your kindness and your truth. All of your promises surpass your renown.  - Amen     (Based on Psalm 138)        

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Scribe on December 31st, 2011

I keep your word in my heart, LORD, so that I might not sin against you. (Alleluia) Bring me to understand the way of your laws, LORD, And I will meditate on your wondrous works. (Alleluia)   (adapted from Psalm 119)  

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I came across an interesting prayer while reading this afternoon: it’s offered here in  a slightly edited variation on a closing prayer that is used at the de-consecration of a building (church, etc.) that is either to be razed, or to stop being a sacred space and changing its purpose to secular use. In the [...]

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Scribe on October 24th, 2011

It’s a word that gets passed around a lot in social and theological terms, and soon becomes one of the “invisible” words that we hear about in sermons or read about in campaign speeches, and – like the word grace – we lose sight of what it means. If we really understood it from the [...]

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Scribe on September 19th, 2011

From the Psalms, a short Lectio to begin your meditations.   I cry to you, O LORD, YOU are my place of safety. (Alleluia)   Keep the faith! – Amen      

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