I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, the sun which you have placed in the sky gives light and life to all living things. Your Son who lived, died and was raised from the dead gives us hope in this life […]
Nicole and I had a wonderful marriage retreat at Greystone Estate (location). I found it to meet all the goals set forward for the time together (see previous post). Here are some pictures from the past few days… Exterior of Greystone Estate at night As our anniversary was closest to the date of the […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: Light of light, our true God, shine light into every dark place in the world. When we experience darkness that overwhelms our life, save us from being lost in the dark. Send your light into the […]
Mike King brought my attention to this video via this post. I agree with Mike that it is a great combination of art, music and technology. While I was at Wesley Seminary, I was exposed to the Luce Center for the Arts and Religion which was constantly at work to integrate arts into the life […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, your presence warms our soul. When your world seems cold and bleak, propel your Spirit to warm all the cold places. In times when our own hearts are cold we ask for you to […]
One of the great values of blogging and reading blogs is that it allows one to connect with people with whom contact me never otherwise be made. I enjoy reading enjoy reading a wide variety of blogs from across the United States and around the world (thanks Google Reader). I also hope to make greater […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, we are sometimes blinded by the brightness of your love for us. We feel unworthy of your love, and yet we know that it is a free gift given to us without cost. We […]
This morning my wife, Nicole and I are driving to Rogers, Arkansas with Dustin and Shelly Petz to attend a marriage retreat hosted by The Soderquist Center. It will be held at Greystone Estate in Rogers, Arkansas. A couple weeks ago, we received a phone call from Bishop Jones‘ wife Mary Lou Reece asking what […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, sometimes we are burned – by our family, our friends, our co-workers. Lord, we recognize that sometimes we burn others. Send your healing power to sooth the burns in our life. Give us strength […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The introduction for this guide is: We are in the middle of June and the forecast is hot and sunny. Outside the sun beats down on our skin, the grass, animals and all of creation. This will form the theme for our […]
This weekend I used two different pastoral prayers for the weekend. One for the traditional service and the other for the contemporary service. Let me know what you think, is this appropriate? Guidance or improvement on these prayers? Thanks! I have shared all of the prayers that I have written for worship via Google Docs […]
Please visit http://www.cor.org/youtube and http://www.youtube.com/seeinggray for information about the January 2008 sermon series at Resurrection. I recently read about a fascinating application of YouTue in the ongoing presidential debates – The CNN / YouTube debates. Here is the video explaining the concept… I think this is great. The playing field is leveled across the country […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 