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Author Archives: Michael Summers
A Prayer for Courage on an Anniversary of Evil
A prayer I offered in 2012 front of an assembly from several nations in Kabul for Patriot Day (September 11): O God, Creator of all, Sustainer of life, our Refuge from disaster, we commemorate today an event that awakened a … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, grief, Lament, memories, Patriot Day, Prayer, September 11, spirituality, terrorism, World Trade Center
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Prayer As the Hurricane Approaches
The prayer of Psalm 57 concludes with praise and a statement of determination to keep singing in the midst of threatening turmoil. These words caught my attention this morning after I had been reading about the steady progress of Hurricane … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster response, Hiliton Head Island, Hurricane Dorian, life, Prayer, Psalm 57, Psalms, religion, spirituality
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Prayer that Pride Will Not Preclude Prayer
In Genesis chapter 4, we read about Cain murdering his brother Abel and Cain’s subsequent punishment. The chapter tells also of Cain’s descendants. Several generations later is born Lamech, whose story becomes the focal point of Cain’s genealogy. Lamech has … Continue reading
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Tagged Cain, forgiveness, Genesis 4, Lamech, Prayer, pride, spirituality, technology and faith, truth
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A Prayer While Weeping
This past Sunday, I started crying and for some phrases could only mouth the words of the song “Oh, How He Loves You and Me” during a worship assembly. That song was the lullaby that I sang to my middle … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, faith, love, meditation, Prayer, Psalms, Spiritual Formation, worship
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Prayer to God who Saves “Man and Beast”
The words of the prayer in Psalm 36:5-6 convict me as they should any who realize their weaknesses and their inadequacy as they seek to please our Creator. The prayer envisions God as judge, but also as redeemer and savior. … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, environment, God, justice, love, omnipresence of God, Prayer, religion, salvation, spirituality
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Prayer that We May Tell the Story in Love
My wife and I drove from the Leavenworth, Kansas area where we live to a small community roughly twenty miles north of the Tennessee-Alabama state line last month. Twice a year, Christians gather from across the country in Diana, Tennessee, … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella music, Christian unity, Church of Christ, Diana Singing, fellowship, Prayer, religion
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A Prayer for Evening Worshippers
The first time I led singing at church was on a Sunday evening. My father, who was the preacher, and several other men were out of town. A few minutes before the service was to begin, one of the elders … Continue reading
