Filed under: Christianity, Missio Dei, disciplines, prayer | Tags: Christianity, Missio Dei, prayer, spirituality, The Missio Dei Breviary
Check out the free online Breviary. It’s a book of morning and evening prayers (drawing from Benedictine, Fransiscan, and Eastern Orthodox traditions) that has been put together by Missio Dei.
Filed under: Maundy Thursday, Rob Bell, prayer | Tags: nooma, prayer, Rob Bell
In observing a day (Maundy/Holy Thursday) when Jesus must have been immersed in prayer which would prepare him for the work of the cross, some thoughts from Rob Bell on the subject:
“God’s desire is that the divine energy that made the world would flow between us and in the process draw us closer together. Prayer is tapping in to the same energy that formed the universe. That’s why people say that they can feel prayer. It’s because we can. Praying connects us to the people and things we are praying for. Prayer enlarges our perspective. Praying gives us a bigger heart. Praying makes us feel things. Praying changes things but prayer [also] changes us.”
Rob Bell, (Nooma: Open, 2008 )
