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Monday Meditation — RCL Year B, 3rd Sunday of Easter, Luke 24:36b–48

April 9, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Luke 24:36b–48; John 20:19-31

The similarities between the four evangelists when recounting the the resurrection encounters can make it hard to keep the stories straight. Next Sunday’s passage of Luke (Luke 24:36b–48) bears echoes of last Sunday’s pair of encounters in John, first without Thomas and then with him. Luke 24:36b–48 Once I get my bearings, I note four […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation, Prayer Tagged With: 3rd Sunday of Easter, Luke 24:36–49, Luke 24:36b–48, RCL Year B, Revised Common Lectionary

Great Compline

March 14, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Great Compline

One of the Lenten services I’ve experienced in the last couple of years is the Orthodox “Great Compline.” I’ve known the Western version of Compline very well for a very long time. In the West, Compline is the last of the monastic hours, a short gentle service, maybe 20 minutes of brief prayers and Psalms, […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Music, Prayer, Worship Tagged With: God is with Us, Great Compline, Lord of the Powers

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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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

Enrollment Is Open for My Lectio Divina Class!

November 20, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Hello friends! I haven’t posted on my blog for a long while due to publication deadlines and other obstacles. But at several speaking engagements I promised to run my online course on classical lectio divina again this Advent. The classic form of this ancient spiritual discipline is far richer (and a far better starting point) than […]

Filed Under: Bible, Prayer, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent class, Lectio divina, online course

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