Category Archives: prayer

Philippians 2 Restated

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

I’ve been working through the first couple of chapters of Philippians with one of my seminary classes this week. The following is a paraphrase and prayer of response in today’s vernacular that I wrote as I reflected upon the great christological hymn of … Continue reading →

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Hitchens on Cancer, Prayer, and God

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

I just found out that Christopher Hitchens, one of the leading voices of the so-called “new atheism,” has been diagnosed and is being treated for esophageal cancer.  Recently, Anderson Cooper of CNN interviewed Hitchens. The video is available online here. There is … Continue reading →

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Barth – Credo – “Creator of Heaven and Earth”

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

The confession of belief in God as “Creator of Heaven and Earth” (Latin: Creatorem coeli et terrae) is not meant to be a statement of a Christian “world view,” Karl Barth argues. Rather, it is a statement about God, and … Continue reading →

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E-Prayers?

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Given the amount of communication we do through email these days, I’ve found myself quite regularly in situations where I will get an email from someone, requesting prayer on this or that issue. I’ve found myself on various occasions immediately … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Harper and Obama

Posted on November 4, 2008 by

God our Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, We come to you by your Holy Spirit and we thank you and acknowledge today that all authorities, kings, and powers are established by your … Continue reading →

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Praying with the Sick

Posted on September 28, 2008 by

A good friend of mine is taking the terrible journey through terminal cancer. He is not the first person close to me to have been attacked by this roaring lion of a disease. While some fend it off for a … Continue reading →

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Unimaginable, Unthinkable Prayer

Posted on September 21, 2008 by

Pastor Banting is preaching  through the “prayers of Paul” at our Church these weeks. Today his text was Eph 3:14-21. I was especially struck by his observation that the ability to comprehend Christ’s love is, really, beyond and above us, … Continue reading →

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