Comments on: The Bishop’s Prayer

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:21 +0000

i love this prayer

By: e2tc

e2tc — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:52:37 +0000

You mean… you don’t get as many hits as the Bunny Yawns site?! Seriously – her bandwidth is constantly getting KO’d.

As for Robinson’s prayer… I had no idea that he’d received death threats and that he wore body armor for his consecration. That shook me up. I feel – as PJ said earlier – that he was coming from a place of sympathy and compassion in this prayer. (Though truly, these public prayers are more like mini-speeches – not an original thought; I “stole” it from a commenter on Internet Monk’s blog.)

Thanks so much for the sermon link – off to read I go!

By: anita

anita — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:55:42 +0000

e2tc-->You need no defense. I was just joking because it would take a HUGE number of hits to have any effect on my bandwidth. There's more than enough for you and ALL your friends (which I have no doubt number in the tens of thousands!) And indeed, I agree with you about the two prayers that impacted people the most. Has it was put on another blog that reviewed the events of Inauguration Day, "Rick Warren who??" By the way, the sermon that was preached this morning at the National Cathedral with the President and Vice-President in attendance, can be found on the Disciples of Christ website here. The preacher was Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, the President of the Disciples of Christ and she preached a good one.

By: anita

anita — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:48:36 +0000

Love it!

By: e2tc

e2tc — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:26:08 +0000

Some of my blogging pals are linking to you.

By: e2tc

e2tc — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:23:56 +0000

Well, in my defense, I was keeping your allotment of bandwidth in mind! And hey, you posted that text distraction-free, which is a big plus.

Funny [:tongue in cheek:] how both Robinson and Lowery’s prayers are the ones that capture the attention of people who’ve been turned off by overly-aggressive religion, whether in the public or private sphere.

By: anita

anita — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:10:09 +0000

I could never get too much traffic my dear but giving credit where credit is due, I believe I originally found this transcript at Good As You.

By: e2tc

e2tc — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:08:47 +0000

anita, I hope you’re not getting *too* much traffic here… I’ve been passing the URL to the post on to a bunch of people, because all of the supposedly “complete” copies of this prayer that people are linking to are actually very incomplete.

By: e2tc

e2tc — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:18:01 +0000

A very powerful prayer, and very moving. Beliefnet posted an interview with Robinson earlier today. Man, do I wish he'd given the invocation for the swearing-in...

By: anita

anita — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:52:41 +0000

PJ –> It was indeed a powerful prayer that was hopeful even in the face of the overwhelming realities of our time.

Susan and Sandy–>I’d already begun to draft a new post dealing with your comments that I’ve just posted and will finish up this evening.