In the current issue of the Weekend Australian Angela Shanahan has a column about the crisis currently facing Australia (and the world).
She spells out how dire this could become.
Now I draw this to your attention not to make you pessimistic (although I suppose it might do that!) but because of the last two words in her column.
She ends by writing: ‘this Easter this suburban mum will do the only thing she or any of us can in the face of this war. Pray—hard!’
And I draw this to your attention for two reasons: (1) this is Easter; and (2) my latest book is called Pray Like This.
In that book I offer the following definition of the word ‘prayer.’
It means: ‘asking God for things.’
Of course, the book says a lot more than that—and ends with a list of practical suggestions about praying.
In the Introduction I write this: “There is, deep within the human heart, an instinct not to stand alone—to find comfort, help, support and a sense of belonging in prayer. We now know the universe around us to be a vast, measureless place. And we have a deep longing not to be the orphans of the universe. We long to see meaning and purpose in our lives and in the bigger picture of the world around us—to find our connection to the Mind Behind the Universe. And we intuitively feel that prayer is the pathway to this.”
To look at prayer I do what I do in these Ozword columns: I go through the most famous prayer in the world (The Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father) and unpack it word by word—each chapter being a short word-study on a key word in that prayer. There are 21 word studies in all--making clear what we can learn about prayer from the most famous prayer in the world. To find out more, here’s a link to the publisher’s website (where you can buy a copy if you wish): Pray Like This – matthiasmedia.com.au
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BY THE WAY...
If you'd like to see my A-Z list of Aussie slang, you'll find it here in the Australian Geographic website -- A-Z list of Aussie slang. Here’s the link: The A-Z of Aussie slang - Australian Geographic
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