Prayers For Good Friday

Here are the prayers for Good Friday! My apologies for putting them up so late!
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
O Christ, Lamb of God, slain for the sin of the whole world, with penitent heart I come to your cross, pleading for mercy and forgiveness. My sins – and they are many – [...]

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Prayers For Maundy Thursday

As we approach Easter Sunday, I thought it would be beneficial to stop and meditate on Christ’s work during the last days of Holy Week. Here are some traditional prayers to help aid in your meditation and reflection on Christ’s institution of Holy Communion, for this Maundy Thursday.
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
Eternal Savior, [...]

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300: The “Terrible Beauty” Of War

300 is one of those rare movies that causes an extreme polarization in the reactions of its viewers. You either loved the movie or you absolutely hated it, very few people walk out of the theater feeling apathetic about the last two hours. What’s interesting is the way in which the theme of [...]

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Amazing Grace Reflections

(Rest assured, this is not a repeat post. This post will contain my review of the quality and themes of the movie, now that I’ve actually seen it)
Amazing Grace was far and away one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. All throughout it was reminiscent of one of the [...]

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Amazing Grace

William Wilberforce was a political activist. He was an idealist. He fought a twenty-year fight to end the slave trade and emancipate the slaves of England. You might even say his passion was social justice. With a profile like this, he should be the hero of every modern liberal. Ah, [...]

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