Lord's Prayer

Most of the things that came to me were the small and simple things that really make a big difference in our lives. I really have been focusing on scripture study and prayer because those two have so much impact on your life especially prayer because with prayer you have direct communication to the Father. Something else that I also thought about was going to the temple. I am lucky enough to have a temple close to home at school and also where my family lives but…

Salat. The Salat does not take very long to recite and can be recited anywhere, as long as it is performed facing the direction of Mecca. In prayer, a person feels inner happiness, peace, and comfort, and that Allah is pleased with him or her. The faithful are meant to pray by bowing several times while standing and then kneel and touch the ground or prayer mat with their foreheads, as a symbol of their reverence and submission to Allah. The dedication to praising Allah five times a day is…

The Impact of Christianity Healings are said to be things of the past and from the Apostles, but I’m proof that’s not true. Many people hold on to Christianity as just a simple belief, they say it does nothing but give people hope. That statement holds me captivated, because I look at my life and see how I’ve been impacted by Christianity. For me, Christianity is not simply hope, but a part of my life! The effects of Christianity, physically and emotionally, have benefited my life. When I was…

other up and building the church up. An example of this is group prayer or studies. We were able to do both of these in our class practices. The two that had the greatest influence on me were Holy Listening, and Lectino Divina. In holy listening we were posed a question and one person would talk about it to the group. During that time the focus is on the person talking. Following there would be time for silence, reflection, prayer, and receptiveness. Then we would continue to do this around the…

Then the MC said a prayer for the offering and the Ushers passed around the offering plates. This was slightly different because at my church we use offering bags that are passed down each row. Following the offering, a few of the church leaders gave words of appreciation…

Everyone in the world have their own beliefs and belong to a culture that shape who they are. In their culture, people generally follow rituals and have their own norms that have special meaning to them. For example, Muslims generally follow ‘salat’, which is a practice of praying five times a day. Or even the Irish(and many others)celebrating St. Patrick 's Day by eating corned beef, going to parades, and getting drunk off their ass; eventually where they can’t walk or even having a drunken…

and is the first of what I hope will grow into be six retreats offered to church planters next year. Abide is spaced created for church planters to reconnect their hearts with the heart of God through meditation on scripture and prayer. I provided them with a prayer prompt and the space necessary for them to listen to what God may desire to speak to them. Afterwards, we come together to allow them to listen to one another share what their experience was like and what they…

I am now able to select specific form of prayer and meditation that truly fit my true self. For example, the ‘Gospel Contemplation’ is becoming a form of reflection that helps me to engage a Biblical text with all my senses and enriches my well-being. If I start a new day with my morning meditation…

I grew up in a home without any religion. When I was younger I always felt as if I had an emptiness inside me, but I could never explain what it was. As I got older I had begun to get comfortable with this emptiness to the point where I actually dismissed this feeling. At the age of seventeen I met my future husband John in 1994. His family was nothing like mine. They were devoted Catholics and went to church every weekend and every religious/saint holiday. As we began to date John asked me if…

Jesus once told a story about two very different kinds of prayers. The first person that prayed was a very religious person called Pharisee, they thought their own goodness was so impressive that it could not fail to make them acceptable to God. The Pharisee in the story is the essence of one who is self justifying. He does not ask for forgiveness for his sins, because he believes he has nothing to confess. If we are broken hearted over our sin we can be assure of Gods boundless love and…