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Book Review: Wright’s ‘The Case for the Psalms’

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Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:2 I started praying the Psalms as a spiritual discipline sometime in 2014. I had read Scot McKnight's Praying with the Church, and I was inspired to take on the Christian tradition of praying the prayers of the saints. I started with Phyllis Tickle's The Divine Hours, as this collection was recommended… Continue reading Book Review: Wright’s ‘The Case for the Psalms’

Sir Francis Drake: Until It Be Thoroughly Finished

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"O Lord God, when thou givest to thy servants to endeavour any great matter, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same, until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory; through him who for the finishing of thy work laid down his life for… Continue reading Sir Francis Drake: Until It Be Thoroughly Finished

The Collect for All Saints’ Day

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The Collect for All Saints' Day: "O Almighty God, who has knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou… Continue reading The Collect for All Saints’ Day

N.T. Wright on the Vocation of Prayer

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In his Evil and the Justice of God, N.T. Wright lists prayer as one of the ways Christians are called to anticipate the Kingdom: Prayer: In Romans 8 Paul indicates that prayer is a key, central anticipation of the eventual redeemed world order. In that world, redeemed humanity will take its rightful place, worshiping the Creator… Continue reading N.T. Wright on the Vocation of Prayer