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 […]
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, […]
Registration Week for My Online Prayer Class for Lent!
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 […]
Presbyterian Outlook Article — Pray Like A Reformer
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 […]
Enrollment Is Open for My Lectio Divina Class!
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 […]
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