Writing is war. According to Steven Pressfield who wrote the brilliant book The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Problems, Resistance (with a capital R) is the inner enemy. This implacable enemy will attempt to stop you from writing or from engaging in any other worthwhile endeavor. “Resistance is […]
Why Should You Pray the Jesus Prayer?
A common form of the Jesus Prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me” can be said silently in your mind or out loud. The Jesus Prayer can even be used as an intercessory prayer substituting the prayed-for-person’s name for “me.” But the question remains, “Why should you pray the Jesus Prayer?” In her excellent […]
What is the Jesus Prayer?
“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner” is a longer form of the Jesus Prayer. Two shorter forms are the following: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me” and “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.” Sometimes the middle phrase,” Son of the living God,” is used. […]
A Celtic Christian Journey-Prayer
In her book, The Celtic Way of Prayer: The Recovery of the Religious Imagination, Esther De Waal writes, “I discovered that if I wanted to encounter Celtic Christianity, I had to look at poetry, and so I found myself being taken into the world of poetry and song. . . . I have found myself […]
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