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Registration Week for My Online Prayer Class for Lent!

February 7, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Lent is only one week away! (At least for those of us in the West. Schedules are a tad different for the Orthodox.) And for me one of the great things about Lent is teaching my online prayer class, “Focus on Prayer.” Lent is all about bringing our hearts to God to be ready for […]

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Letters to a Young Pastor: “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”

February 1, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

give us this day our daily bread

Dear ______: Just a short note today, as I’m under the weather. I’ll spare you the interruptions for hacking and wheezing. As I was saying, the “modifiers” in the various lines of the uber-familiar Lord’s Prayer make all the difference to its meaning. Noticing these little in-betwen bits is especially helpful if you are going […]

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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

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