rupert on September 30th, 2009

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Why Don’t We Pray?
The Prodigal Son is an incredibly well known story (Luke 15:11-32).  But often the focus is on the younger son, who leaves home with his inheritance from his not-yet-dead Father, squanders it, and returns to find and experience the grace and kindness [...]

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rupert on September 17th, 2009

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Why Don’t We Pray? There are deep movements of our hearts, that in the normal course of events, we are often unaware of.  They surface during times of change or transition.  They surface when things that we have relied on for a sense of meaning, [...]

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rupert on September 16th, 2009

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Why Don’t We Pray?
Part 1 – the sermon teaser.
Part 2 – the depths of our desires – the first part of what I shared on Sunday.

The second part of Sunday’s Sermon was Mary and Martha (Lk 10:38-42).
Martha and Mary are found in other gospel [...]

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rupert on September 14th, 2009

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Why Don’t We Pray?Or “Why don’t we don’t we Pray? – Part 2
Part 1 can be read here.  This is a short summary of the first part of what I said yesterday (Sunday 13th September) at church.  The audio will be available from our website [...]

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rupert on September 10th, 2009

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Why Don’t We Pray?Why don’t we pray?
If I knew the answer to that one, I could write a book, become famous …
Bill Hybels did it, in 1988, when no-one had heard of Bill Hybels or Willowcreek.  “Too Busy not to Pray”.  I was a [...]

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