tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post1547149668549484284..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: Prayer: A Personal HistoryAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-21585036772065491332010-03-18T10:54:23.431-04:002010-03-18T10:54:23.431-04:00Thanks for this--it's encouraging.
And I'...Thanks for this--it's encouraging.<br /><br />And I'd also like to throw a vote down for Frederica's book "The Jesus Prayer." Good stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-37010813007813898272010-02-26T20:43:11.853-05:002010-02-26T20:43:11.853-05:00I like Frederica Mathewes-Green's recent book ...I like Frederica Mathewes-Green's recent book on The Jesus Prayer.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-34516273160747450762010-02-23T18:13:25.250-05:002010-02-23T18:13:25.250-05:00Great post, Andy.Great post, Andy.Hayseednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-45467210968874771592010-02-13T09:43:08.051-05:002010-02-13T09:43:08.051-05:00Thanks, Meredith. I have a three-volume set called...Thanks, Meredith. I have a three-volume set called "The Divine Hours," edited by Phyllis Tickle. There are separate volumes for Spring, Summer, and Fall/Winter. Inexplicably, spring starts in February, so I'm currently praying springtime prayers while looking out over a foot of snow. The books should be readily available, but I bought mine from Amazon.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-47323740084129167992010-02-13T09:10:52.803-05:002010-02-13T09:10:52.803-05:00Thanks for writing about this. It's good to he...Thanks for writing about this. It's good to hear about honest doubts/struggles from other Christians. <br /><br />Where did you get your copy of Divine Hours?allcedarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293956757253264691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-9323415556956192532010-02-11T22:22:03.905-05:002010-02-11T22:22:03.905-05:00I also try to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. I do...I also try to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. I don't do very well, for lots of reasons. Mostly because I'm not a very good pray-er. I also sometimes feel that it is too many words, words, words. <br /><br />But, like you, I used to believe that reading or repeating set prayers was the sure sign of a dead faith, and I no longer think that. One prays such prayers in a different spirit: receptively. That seems to be what you're saying too. Thanks.cnbhttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-58815931612251928502010-02-11T19:39:41.140-05:002010-02-11T19:39:41.140-05:00Amen.Amen.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639806168249697948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-38125601302757823752010-02-11T10:41:04.576-05:002010-02-11T10:41:04.576-05:00Great post. Thanks!
I too, pray the Divine Office...Great post. Thanks!<br /><br />I too, pray the Divine Office. It took me quit awhile to realize that it is more of a listening prayer than a talking prayer, if you know what I mean. so much of what I was used to from my Jesus Freak days was telling God how to fix the world, mostly my world, mostly me, me, me. Psalm 95 contains the phrase "today, listen to his voice" which was a big tip off that the whole purpose is to hear what is on God's mind, not so much to tell him what is on mine.Jim Janknegthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971229049336038270noreply@blogger.com