September 10th, 2006 |
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Sermon - Hallowed be Your Name:
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Taken From: Matthew 6:9-15
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
In the Father’s presence
we pray in the silence
an awe so quiet we
don’t know when it began;
a fire in our hearts
that almost breaks the chest.
We utter in the passive voice
a soaring petition
asking the active God
to make his real identity known
to cause his name to be revered
to be regarded as
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September 3rd, 2006 |
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Sermon - Our Father in Heaven:
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Poetry - Our Father in Heaven:
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Taken From: Matthew 6:9-15
Sometimes I rush
toward a lessening future
or ache for an imagined past
when what I desperately need
is to turn aside into
the wonder of the burning bush
into the brightness
filled with a holy presence
that seems to be transient
but is, in truth, the eternity
that waits for me.
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Taken From: Matthew 6:9-15
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
In the place of prayer
my soul is stretched taut
upon the wisdom of form
the plummet measuring the depth
of heaven and earth.
Simple phrases
expectant with life
keep me attentive
guiding me into a fullness
adequate for the time being
enabling me to live what I know;
to serve the world I’ve been
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Taken From: Matthew 6:9-15
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
At present
Jesus prays for us;
in one sense, all
we really need to know.
I pray from that center,
learning to breathe
as fully immersed in God
as in this Texas weather.
I pray our prayer as mine,
becoming my true self
in this world of revelation
where God is at work.
We bend our knees with others
within the
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Sermon - The Essence of Prayer:
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Taken From: Matthew 6:9-15
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
The thing to remember is how
unimpressed he is with prayer as theater.
He sees that behind the piety lurks the pride
of those who love not prayer, but applause.
Remember, too, he does not want mere babbling
of words while the heart is not engaged.
He sees those who think they prove their
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