tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post6666040003074318494..comments2023-12-27T11:23:38.346-05:00Comments on Vanguard Church - Bob Robinson: Praying Community Prayers vs. Just Individual PrayersBob Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-30746930937761069592007-01-15T12:26:00.000-05:002007-01-15T12:26:00.000-05:00Thanks, Amy, for the excellent advice. I will take...Thanks, Amy, for the excellent advice. I will take it!<br /><br />I already have my "smartphone" set up to connect with "explorefaith.org", which features the "The Divine Hours" by Phyllis Tickle (http://explorefaith.org/prayer/fixed/hours.php). <br /><br />I see that the prayers offered by the Vineyard Ann Arbor are different. Do you know why? Maybe they are drawing from different books in the series?Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-23068483276352668932007-01-12T11:07:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:07:00.000-05:00Amy,
I've finally done it - I just purchased The ...Amy,<br /><br />I've finally done it - I just purchased The Divine Hours. Your comment threw me over the brink. Too many people I know have spoken far too highly of praying this way for me to ignore it any longer.<br /><br />Thanks!Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-52356284979739758752007-01-12T11:05:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:05:00.000-05:00Nate,
When I was pastoring, I constantly was enco...Nate,<br /><br />When I was pastoring, I constantly was encouraging the worship team to switch up the wording in many of our songs to a more communal focus (we may have sang it as it was written, with the "I"s and the "Me"s, but at least in the last singing of the chorus or the final verse, we'd change those to "We"s and "Our"s.<br /><br />This helped us as a congregation to remember that we are in this Christian life <i>together!</i>Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-11960024451929907272007-01-12T11:03:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:03:00.000-05:00Vapor,
I love the term "vocation." We often forge...Vapor,<br /><br />I love the term "vocation." We often forget that being a Christian is a full-time vocation, and part of the "job description" is to pray in the manner of the Lord's Prayer.<br /><br />Thanks.Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-9921032137854147472007-01-12T11:02:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:02:00.000-05:00Ted,
Blogger automatically searches the internet t...Ted,<br />Blogger automatically searches the internet to find sites that link to this post. It did this with you. Look under "links" at the bottom of the page.<br />Good thoughts over a Community of Jesus!Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-10983142893746331112007-01-12T05:26:00.000-05:002007-01-12T05:26:00.000-05:00I linked to this post as well, though it didn't ap...I linked to this post as well, though it didn't appear on your link (and I don't know how to do that).Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-74491068175845996232007-01-11T12:55:00.000-05:002007-01-11T12:55:00.000-05:00Bob, I thought the subject of this post was amazin...Bob, I thought the subject of this post was amazing, and it is something that I have been wrestling with for a while now. Why do Christians in the West insist that it is all about me? I think we all know the answer to that question, but nevertheless, it is frustrating. <br /><br />Something I have realized as of late is that most of our "worship" songs are highly centered around "me". I don't deny the significance of a personal lament, but when it seems that everything is centered around me, myself, and Jesus, I think something needs to be said. <br /><br />Something that I have tried doing in the worship in song portion of our church services is changing the emphasis on "I", "me", and "my" to "we", "us", and "our". <br /><br />Like your friend, this has given me a greater sense for community, and it is my prayer that we, as the Church of Christ, begin to recognize that there is more to being a Christian than just your own "personal relationship" with God that exists primarily behind closed doors.Nate Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873098003193753067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-83345254858439070342007-01-11T00:19:00.000-05:002007-01-11T00:19:00.000-05:00good point... I like that the prayer begins... as ...good point... I like that the prayer begins... as a foundation of community. That it is not grounded primarily on my goals and aspirations, but it de-centralizes me, forces me into a vocation larger than my own.<br /><br />vaporAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-16135923334915042612007-01-10T17:55:00.000-05:002007-01-10T17:55:00.000-05:00Bob, Great to have you back, blogging!
Great thou...Bob, Great to have you back, blogging!<br /><br />Great thought here. This is how Jesus said we're to pray. In terms of "us", each other, and not just ourselves. So easy to forget, the way we're conditioned (as you point out), and since the majority of our prayers are done by ourselves (not with others).Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.com