As the skies move from daylight to dark, we come to the time of the day to hear my favorite words from the Book of Common Prayer, from the last prayers of the day – Compline. The prayer that follows is from the New Zealand Prayer Book and speaks to my … interaction, both good ...
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It’s been a while since I added a new line to The Prayers Of Our People, and today I’m introducing one for those who are called – each in their own way – to make our world better for all concerned. For those who devote their energies to restoring peace, to helping those who ...
One of the greatest inspirational songs I’ve ever heard was one that WETA-FM in Washington, DC played every morning at 6:00 am for many years. I’m not sure if they still do, but in those early training school days of my retail career, I was up in suit-and-tie and on my way to class with ...
An Acclamation Prayer is very simply a statement: something that you “acclaim” or say to be true. Unlike a prayer in which there’s some asking going to happen at the end, and unlike a meditative prayer which is sitting in silence and acceptance, this is one that we just get to say something good. And ...
This is the story of an old friend who passed from us this week: the morning of New Years Day. I’m not much on writing eulogies until called upon, but in this case, Douglass Hunt and I had “a history,” you might say. 30-some years in the making, and all the great surprises were saved ...
