Using the Words of Martin Luther’s 1529 Small Catechism Explanations to Each Petition; adapted from the 1929 Intersynodical Translation OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN. Our heavenly Father, you tenderly encourage us to believe that you are truly our Father and that we are truly your children. Give us the faith to […]
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From the novel Jubilee (1966), by Margaret W. Alexander (1915-98); (Quoted in Conversations With God: Two Centuries of African-American Prayers, ed. by James M. Washington, pp. 211-212, HarperCollins). Brother Ezekiel held the (two year old) child down close to her mother’s face and said soothingly, “It’s your mama, Vyry, say hello to you maw.”
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By Thomas Dorsey (1899-1993); Guideposts magazine, October 1987 Back in 1932 I was 32 years old and a fairly new husband. My wife, Nettie, and I were living in a little apartment on Chicago’s South-side. One hot August afternoon I had to go to St. Louis, where I was to be the featured soloist at a
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