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Prayer as rebelling against the status quo

By PorchSitter - Posted on February 18th, 2008
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This is text of an article I want to read next Sunday. Adapted from an excellent article in christianity today. Thought I would share it ahead of time to give you a chance to read beforehand.  read more »

The Disciple's Prayer (aka The Lord's Prayer)

By jimmyt - Posted on January 17th, 2007
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Jesus gave his disciples the following prayer guideline to help them learn how to pray. See its many parts? It has been said so often, that many people cannot really see it without some song in their head... So, how would you write it in your own words?

The Disciple's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-14)  read more »

God sightings experiment

By PorchSitter - Posted on January 15th, 2007
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Part of being experimental is learning to observe how God is at work and how we work with him. One technique that is useful for this is "God Sightings." We use the following three questions to look for and reporting on how we think we have seen God at work:  read more »

Matthew 6:5-14 Getting Started on Prayer

By jimmyt - Posted on January 10th, 2007
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Me talk about praying? I am not very good at this. One of those areas of weakness for me. How about you?

What comes to your mind when you hear about "praying"? What are your early impressions? What images stick in your mind? Here are some that come to me:  read more »

  • The pastor who gave really beautiful, well-crafted, poetic “Congregational Prayers” on Sunday. I knew I could never pray like that. I felt so lame that I wondered what was the point in me praying?
  • The pastor who stood up one Sunday morning and said, “the most genuine prayer there is is, ‘God, HELP!’”. He might be right: it is certainly heartfelt, but that seems just a bit insufficient. Is God just interested in hearing from me when I need help?
  • Going to a Sunday mass. I heard the congregation reciting lots of formal prayers in unison (I didn’t know them, so I could only listen). There was something beautiful about listening to them, smelling the incense, watching them bow in unison. There was a community feel to this. But I was on the outside and my friend said that sometimes, he just checked out during these recitations - his mind not engaged with what his body was doing.
  • Driving down the streets of Erbil, Iraq on a Friday. We turned a corner and came to a halt. The street outside the mosque was jammed with men kneeling and standing and praying in common, following the lead of the imam. Again, it was a powerful example of community life through prayer.

Porch Saturday Gathering - Lord's Prayer

By PorchSitter - Posted on January 6th, 2007
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Jan 20 2007 - 18:00
Jan 20 2007 - 20:00

6:00 - 6:45 Dinner (on us, donate if you wish)

6:45 - 7:00 Greetings, Discuss the community night next week, service projects

7:00 - 8:00 Listening to the Lord's Prayer, an exercise: http://porchlife.org/port/node/41

Childcare is provided until 8:00

Porch Saturday Gathering - Guido

By PorchSitter - Posted on January 6th, 2007
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Feb 3 2007 - 18:00
Feb 3 2007 - 20:00

6:00 - 6:45 Dinner (on us, donate if you wish)

6:45 - 7:30 Greetings, Discuss of the issues of forgiveness

7:30 - 8:00 Praying through the Lord's Prayer

Childcare is provided until 8:00

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