O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain [...]
Archive for February, 2009
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Posted in Literature on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Ash Wednesday Prayer
Posted in Prayer on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have
made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and
make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily
lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission
and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with [...]
A Prayer
Posted in Prayer on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we
do is worth nothing; Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our
hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace
and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted
dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son
Jesus Christ, who [...]
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
Posted in Literature on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meets in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair’d the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress
Or softly lightens [...]
A theological analysis of “The Matrix”
Posted in Christianity, Film, Religion on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Matrix” was one of the most significant movies of the 1990s because it blended avant-garde special effects with a rich mix of spiritual ideas which created a film into which the viewer could easily read his or her own religious beliefs. The special effects created a thing of beauty. The spirituality created a thing [...]
A Prayer
Posted in Prayer on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you:
Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness
we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your
grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please
you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you [...]
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Posted in Literature on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills
Where blossom’d many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of [...]
Exegesis of Isaiah 66:1-2
Posted in Bible Study, Christianity, Literature on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thesis: We are the tools God will use to reshape the world in which we live.
The reason God interacts with the world is to draw all of mankind toward a relationship with him. One of the primary ways God builds relationships with people is through those who already have a relationship with God. God [...]
A Prayer
Posted in Prayer on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us
the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known
to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns
with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. Amen.
Winter Nightfall by Robert Bridges
Posted in Literature on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The day begins to droop,—
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting sun.
The hazy darkness deepens,
And up the lane
You may hear, but cannot see,
The homing wain.
An engine pants and hums
In the farm hard by:
Its lowering smoke is lost
In the lowering sky.
The soaking branches drip,
And all night through
The dropping will not [...]
A Sermon
Posted in Bible Study, Christianity, Church on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Friends: The one with the gardener”
- John 15:9-17
The intended audience is a rural Friends church of about 65 in eastern Illinois. The Society of Friends (more commonly known as Quakers) was founded by George Fox in seventeenth century England. It was founded on the principle that all persons had the ability to directly experience God; [...]
A Prayer
Posted in Prayer on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in
heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of
your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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