Morgan Guyton is on a journey. He has left behind Christian fundamentalism with its debilitating toxins and has trekked his way through the expanse of God’s wide-open grace. His book How Jesus Saves the World From Us serves, in part, as a chronicle of that …
Read MoreLent 2015
Lent comes early this year. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, is tomorrow. Christmas Day is the same day every year on the calendar. Easter moves around…something about the phases of the moon. I’m not sure. Lent has been a part of the …
Read MorePrayer of Irenaeus
Prayer to God the Father A Prayer of Irenaeus I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, You the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Infinitely merciful as you are, it is your will that we should …
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Pray for Revival
There was a time in the early days of my faith, in the days of my spiritual adolescence, where I prayed (often) for revival, for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to grip people with religious fervor so that those outside the faith would be …
Read MorePrayer for World Peace
On this day when Muslims, Jews, and Christians are praying for peace between Israeli and Palestinians, I prayed this prayer… Prayer for World Peace By Sister Joan Chittister of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie Great God, who has told us “Vengeance is mine,” save us …
Read MoreThe Peace Prayer of St. Francis
This prayer was not written by St. Francis of Assisi. It was not written by Pope Francis. It first began to circulate during World War I. The author is unknown, but early copies of it were on a card in honor of St. Francis, so …
Read MoreMerton on Meditation
I am no mystic, but I believe the human heart can encounter the heart of God. I am no master in the classic, spiritual disciplines of the Christian faith, but I am learning to pray. Meditation is one of those disciplines, one of those practices, …
Read MorePrayer for Our Troops from Psalm 91
Today is the National Day of Prayer and I was asked to lead a prayer for our troops at our local communty National Day of Prayer meeting. I have written out most of my prayer. I normally don’t write my prayers out…although I am discovering …
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