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Prayer, Plain and Simple
“Unfit to Pray”
By
Mark Herringshaw
I’m in no shape to pray. So I will. At the moment I feel anything but spiritual. I’m exhausted, hungry, in need of a shower and buzzing with that vague sense of irritation I often pass off as my “moodiness.” I’m a far cry from experiencing the “aura of the sacred. “ So, I’ll talk…
Teaching What I Need to Learn
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nsymmonds
Hi, I’m Nicole Symmonds, the Prayer Editor here at Beliefnet.com, who has chosen to go on this journey with Mark Herringshaw of making “Prayer Plain and Simple”. Now let it be known that I am not the most eloquent pray-er. I am not even the most consistent pray-er. But what I am is a person with a…
Remembering Michael Jackson
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nsymmonds
At this moment, like many across the world, I am watching/listening to the Michael Jackson memorial service. It has been a deeply spiritual affair with the singing of “Soon and Very Soon” when his casket was being brought into the Staples Center to the singing of “Jesus is Love” to his celebrity friends acknowledging that…
“Breaking my Addiction to Religion”
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Mark Herringshaw
My name is Mark. I’m a recovering religious addict. You should know this on day one of this blog about prayer. Truth be told, launching “Prayer Plain and Simple” with Nicole Symmonds is part of my treatment. We want this to be a forum of discovery, a place where we can discuss the spiritual…
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