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A conversation with Mark Charles and John Witvliet on the Lord's Prayer.
Reflect on this discussion (posted as five short videos on YouTube) of the Lord’s Prayer and the invitation to consider each petition of the prayer as a promise and invitation from God to God’s people to grow into new forms of perception and obedience.
(1) Our Father in Heaven: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(2) Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(3) Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(4) Forgive Us Our Sins: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(5) Lead Us not into Temptation: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
This expression of Psalm 148 was submitted by Ed Willmington, who wrote it with Clayton J. Schmit. The nature of Psalm 148 is total exuberance as all of nature offers praise to God.
