Tag: Unceasing Prayer
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Unceasing Prayer: Staying Connected to the Source
As I read the conversation about unceasing prayer in The Pilgrim Continues His Way, I wrestled with some of its language. The discussion speaks of discipline, effort, and the human longing for God. I believe prayer matters deeply, and I also believe we are saved by grace through faith—not by our works. As I kept…
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The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
Forrest Gump said life is like a box of chocolates. I have discovered that life is more like a crossword puzzle. It gives us clues, and we spend our lives discovering the answers. Sometimes it is like a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle: the pieces look so much alike, but somewhere they fit together to form the…
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Lord Jesus Christ, Heal What Is Wounded—Change Me
Pilgrim Series: Reflections on The Pilgrim Continues His WaySixth Meeting In the Sixth Meeting of The Pilgrim Continues His Way, the Professor, the Pilgrim, and the Skhimnik discuss unceasing prayer as a way of entering more deeply into union with God. The prayer they describe is not an incantation. It is not merely mumbling the…
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Project: The Pilgrim Continues His Way Series: Lord Jesus Christ, Teach Me to See: Unceasing Prayer, Part 3
Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, Author Unknown, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, Boulder, 2001. Lord Jesus Christ, Teach Me to See The disciples once asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus gave them the prayer we know as the Lord’s Prayer. The Orthodox tradition has also given us what is commonly called the…
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Before Unceasing Prayer, There Is Unceasing Grace
I have been sitting for quite a while with the Sixth Meeting in The Pilgrim Continues His Way. The Skhimnik is teaching the Professor and the Pilgrim about the mystery of salvation as revealed through unceasing prayer. There is much here that speaks deeply to me. I believe prayer is essential. I believe Paul when…
