Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist, famous for six novels, especially Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. The novels were published anonymously and brought her little attention during…
Gougane Barra Church, County Cork, Ireland; built in 1700. ----------------- IRISH BLESSINGS May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun…
Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something…
From Prayers at Twilight, by Arthur O. Roberts, (1923-2016), 2003, Barclay Press. Roberts wrote a book Exploring Heaven to describe what the Bible and great Christian thinkers have said about…
African-American Prayer Meeting after the end of the U. S. Civil War ------------------------- SUNDAY MORNING PRAYERS FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH From Conversations With God: Two Centuries of African-American Prayers, ed.…
By Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Almighty and most merciful God, who hast not yet suffered me to fall into the Grave, grant that I may remember my past life, as…
From A Diary of Private Prayer, 1949, by John Baillie, Church of Scotland pastor and theologian, (1886-1960); containing a morning and evening prayer for thirty-one days (adapted) ----------------------- MORNING PRAYER (Twentieth…
------------------------------------------- From A Diary of Private Prayer, 1949, by John Baillie, Church of Scotland pastor and theologian, (1886-1960); containing a morning and evening prayer for thirty-one days (adapted) ----------------- MORNING PRAYER…
---------------------------------------- From A Diary of Private Prayer, 1949, by John Baillie, Church of Scotland pastor and theologian, (1886-1960); containing a morning and evening prayer for thirty-one days (adapted) ----------------- MORNING PRAYER…
-------------------------------------------- By Pastor Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of University Reformed Church (PCA), East Lansing, Michigan; prayed in the November 13, 2016 worship service (adapted). ------------------------------ Our good and gracious heavenly Father,…