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Tag Archives: Luke 11:1-13
Teach us to pray
The story that Jesus tells suggests that we are in this together; that while one person is begging for bread, the one who is secure, safe and comfortable and tucked up in bed with their well-fed children, is the one who is called upon to answer, “and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.” Continue reading
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Tagged beloved community, Gaza, God, Hosea 1:2-10, Jesus, kingdom of God, Lord's Prayer, Luke 11:1-13, prayer, Year C Proper 12
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Bread
Bread
Who, in the night,
would give their neighbour stones
and say, “Here, make bread.” Continue reading
When you pray
This was the prayer that first made me fall for Jesus, when I was a child. Of course, I learnt the expanded form that we use in worship; the one that we prayed, hands together, eyes closed, every morning at school assembly time (never at home). But even in its stripped down, barest form, as Luke presents Jesus teaching it, the world which this prayer conjures into being is enough to set my spirit on fire. Continue reading
About prayer
Father, Mother, source of life, all being; your very name fills us with awe. We long to know you, ruler of all; unelected, you elect us to do your will, here, now, forever. You who nursed creation as it grew, … Continue reading
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Tagged Luke 11:1-13, Year C Proper 12
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Year C Proper 12: What is the world coming to?
What is the world coming to? How many times have we had to ask ourselves that question over the past few months, the past few years? When I told people abroad on vacation where I came from, they had heard … Continue reading
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