Wouldn’t St. Benedict be surprised to find people praying the Divine Office on their smart phones? Okay, he would be surprised if he even heard about smart phones. Or not-so-smart phones. Or telegraphs for that matter. As I describe in my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity Press 2012) the practice of […]
Book Giveaway
I’m giving away a copy of my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity, 2012) to a randomly selected new subscriber to my blog! It will go to one of the first 25 subscribing, with the count starting from Wednesday’s post where I first announced it. As of Saturday evening 22 […]
Spiritual Discernment: Meet St. Ignatius of Loyola
Number one on my list of Tough Guys for Jesus: St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556). His leg was smashed by a cannon ball when he was a soldier. He endured surgery to set the bones — long before the day of anesthetics. Here’s where the tough guy points rack up: The bone didn’t set […]
Prayer for Pastors
[UPDATE: This class is now over, but if you click the button below I’ll send you information when I offer another one.] [maxbutton id=”3″] I’ll be teaching a five-week online continuing education course I’m calling “Prayer for Pastors” beginning September 16. This is offered through my employer, the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, in our […]
The NEXT-to-Last Word in Prayer: “In Jesus’ Name”
Last week I wrapped up my series-within-a-series on the Lord’s Prayer in the Heidelberg Catechism with a post on “Amen!,” the little word we use to wrap up most of our prayers. I made an off-hand remark about the phrase Christians often slip in as the penultimate word: “In Jesus’ name we pray…” To my […]
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