tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post2477746321559095089..comments2023-12-08T04:43:40.135-06:00Comments on The Fire and the Rose: Ten Theses on PrayerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-32159015768583547452009-05-16T13:03:00.000-05:002009-05-16T13:03:00.000-05:00Wow, great news! Thanks for the heads-up.Wow, great news! Thanks for the heads-up.David W. Congdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009330707703611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-72436217010836960862009-05-16T11:55:00.000-05:002009-05-16T11:55:00.000-05:00Hurray, hurrah. "In a stunning move," Fox has give...Hurray, hurrah. "In a stunning move," Fox has given Dollhouse a second season! (Probably the lowest-ratings show ever to be renewed.)<br /><br />And guess what? It was all because of my "Swansong"! Well, actually, the impressive pre-sales of the Season One DVD helped and so did the DVR and online streaming numbers. I'm sure the raves of criics over the final episodes didn't hurt.<br /><br />So watch the DVD this summer and get ready for next season, dear friends.Janet leslie Blumberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007293118066805960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-83416738721865527832009-05-15T00:38:00.000-05:002009-05-15T00:38:00.000-05:00David,
Thanks so much for your kind words about m...David,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your kind words about my post on Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse"! I am so delighted to know another person in this linked set of theologically-minded blogs who also is devoted to his work. I'm looking forward to getting to know your fireandrose better, too.<br /><br />Janet from thelandofunlikenessJanet leslie Blumberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007293118066805960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-65623251208891794302009-05-13T21:48:00.000-05:002009-05-13T21:48:00.000-05:00Very thoughtful, David. Thank you!Very thoughtful, David. Thank you!roger flyerhttp://rogerflyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-21326880570186853092009-04-23T05:38:00.000-05:002009-04-23T05:38:00.000-05:00David, where are you? It's been a while since you ...David, where are you? It's been a while since you blogged this and I'm missing your stuffbruce hamillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-52660757402455623062009-04-13T07:38:00.000-05:002009-04-13T07:38:00.000-05:00I will be sure to link these. They are great!BTW, ...I will be sure to link these. They are great!<BR/><BR/>BTW, and not unrelated to prayer, I am starting a series on moral discernment. I would appreciate any input or participation from those who regularly read here.Michael Westmoreland-Whitehttp://levellers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-30757980679054843302009-04-07T09:16:00.000-05:002009-04-07T09:16:00.000-05:00These theses are wonderful. I have a question abou...These theses are wonderful. I have a question about #3, though: Of course, I agree that prayer isn't magic, but whether prayer "compels God to act differently" needs further parsing out. Scripture seems to speak to various times when prayer (or prayerful action) "changes" God's mind or plan. Obviously, we may qualify or nuance such stories with preconceived notions of God's sovereignty or providence, but the basic textual claim seems to be that prayer <I>can</I> "change" God in some way. That is, God can be moved by us -- which, to me, sounds like good news.Brad Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342341127122254107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-38822085706504710002009-04-07T01:56:00.000-05:002009-04-07T01:56:00.000-05:00Most impressive of all, David, is that these these...Most impressive of all, David, is that these theses could only have come from one whose life is steeped in prayer. Many thanks - and a request that I may plunder these theses if I ever re-revise my own "propositions" on prayer!<BR/><BR/>On the Lord's Prayer, it is interesting (a) that we have it in two different forms, and (b) that in Luke it is introduced by the disciples' asking Jesus not "Teach us a prayer" but "Teach us to pray." So, yes, more a pattern than a rote. In Matthew, by the way, the Lord's Prayer is the hinge on which the Sermon on the Mount turns.kim fabriciusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-6608836262779653612009-04-05T00:09:00.000-05:002009-04-05T00:09:00.000-05:00Thanks for this. Excellent theses.Thanks for this. Excellent theses.Roberthttp://www.theveilaway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-68650177878268022852009-04-03T17:02:00.000-05:002009-04-03T17:02:00.000-05:00This is good stuff, David. On the Lords Prayer, ho...This is good stuff, David. <BR/><BR/>On the Lords Prayer, however - I would like to see a comment made about this not being only a pattern, but also a prayer that we are invited to pray as it stands.W. Travis McMakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347103855436761304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-23373184400145391052009-04-03T15:25:00.000-05:002009-04-03T15:25:00.000-05:00Chris: Thanks for the reminder about the Psalms. ...Chris: Thanks for the reminder about the Psalms. Maybe that should be thesis 11?<BR/><BR/>John: Yeah, that's an important point. I'd have to think more about it. I suppose talking about the imitation of Christ might be important here. Any thoughts?David W. Congdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009330707703611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-71960016656629366822009-04-03T14:30:00.000-05:002009-04-03T14:30:00.000-05:00Very nice, David. And the Psalms are our primary ...Very nice, David. And the Psalms are our primary prayerbook! :-)Chris TerryNelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160910808665941467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-90331454107270815622009-04-03T12:42:00.000-05:002009-04-03T12:42:00.000-05:00David,I dig this a lot. Thanks. A question: could...David,<BR/><BR/>I dig this a lot. Thanks. <BR/><BR/>A question: could you tell me more about the relation between the "two paradigmatic prayers" as you call them? Is there any significance to the fact that the Lord's Prayer comes to us in the form of a prescription ("pray like this...") while the Gethsemane Prayer is narrated as a description of a particular event ("he fell to the ground and prayed...")? I'm with you on the significance of Gethsemane, especially in light of Maximus' wisdom on the matter, but I guess I'm just wondering how to think through the <I>relation</I> between the two very different texts. How does one interpret the other? How they together shape Christian prayer?<BR/><BR/>Okay, thanks.JohnLDruryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120179182431573460noreply@blogger.com