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And the winner is …

August 5, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

And the winner is … Dale Ambler! I’ll be mailing Dale his copy of Kneeling with Giants soon. Many thanks to all of you who subscribed to the blog. I hope you’ll click on my “Guest Book” tab sometime and leave a note — many of you I do not know, so it would be […]

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Twenty Five!

August 4, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

We have 25 new subscribers! Thanks folks! More news Monday… Gary

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Whose Kingdom? Whose Power? Whose Glory?

July 11, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Martin Luther wrote on the Lord’s Prayer. A lot — it was his favorite guide to a richer prayer life, as I recently wrote in a guest post on Anita Mathias’ blog, and as I spent a chapter exploring in my book, Kneeling with Giants.  But there is one line of the prayer he never […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Prayer, Theology, Uncategorized Tagged With: and the glory, Catechism, Heidelberg, Lord's Prayer, Martin Luther, Prayer, The kingdom, the power

Welcome back…

July 3, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Thanks for your patience during my absence for most of June.  I’m back! I’m happy to see that there have been visitors all along, despite the lack of new posts. (And if my regular visitor from Germany sees this I’d love to be in touch with you — see the contact page to send an […]

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12 Steps that Prepare a Community for Mission

May 20, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 7 Comments

On his first Maundy Thursday in office Pope Francis washed the feet of some of God’s people. Humble. Obedient. Outrageous. Jesus said “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13:14) And so Francis did it — but he colored outside the lines: […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism, Uncategorized Tagged With: Benedict of Nursia, community, Francis I, Humility, Monasticism, Obedience, Rule of St. Benedict, Washing feet

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