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Letters to a Young Pastor: “On Earth As It Is In Heaven”

January 25, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

on earth as it is in heaven

Dear ______: Thanks, I’m glad to be back in touch as well. I’m glad you enjoyed my comments on the first line of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father in heaven…” And yes, I’ll happily explain my cryptic comment about the “modifiers” being the really interesting thing about several lines of the Lord’s Prayer. Some of […]

Filed Under: Ministry, Theology Tagged With: Lord's Prayer, on earth as it is in heaven, Thy will be done

Podcast Interview — “Shift the Story” with Beca Lewis

January 22, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

Shift the Story Podcast

I’m on another podcast! This one came about in a fun way: I was waiting in the registration line at a writing conference and the woman next to me happened to have come in on the same flight. Then the next day we were randomly sorted into the same car for a lunch outing. Then […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Beca Lewis, Interviews, Shift the Story Podcast

Letters to a Young Pastor: “Our Father Who Art in Heaven”

January 18, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

Who Art in Heaven

Dear ______: I’m so sorry for not writing for so long! Thanks for your notes. It has been a complicated time, and I’m behind in my correspondence. You bring up a very interesting issue. Some of my friends in seminary say we shouldn’t pray the Lord’s Prayer, at least not in the way we always […]

Filed Under: Ministry, Theology Tagged With: Gendered Language for God, Letters to a Young Pastor, Lord's Prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Presbyterian Outlook Article — Pray Like A Reformer

January 16, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

Finding Friends

The good folks at The Presbyterian Outlook asked me to write a feature article for an issue devoted to prayer.  You can read it here. This is how it starts: Pray Like a Reformer The anniversary is over – now down to business. Welcome to 2018 – the year after the 500th anniversary of the […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Prayer Tagged With: John Calvin, Martin Luther, Online Prayer Class, Pray like a Reformer, Presbyterian Outlook

I’m on “The Prolific Christian Writer” Podcast!

January 2, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Gary Neal Hansen on Thien Doan's Prolific Christian Writer podcast

Southern California pastor, writer, and podcaster Thien Doan invited me to be on his podcast! This was my first podcast invitation, so I was really jazzed about it. (I didn’t spill the beans by telling Thien that I’m not really so prolific.) The Prolific Christian Writer Podcast It is a pretty new podcast and I […]

Filed Under: Reviews, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Podcast, The Prolific Christian Writer, Thien Doan'

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