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A prayer<\/h3>\n

Sometimes we don’t realize the intensity of the things for which we pray, Lord.  Keep us courageously mindful that your way is laden with tears on the way to resurrection. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 169<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
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A prayer Sometimes we don’t realize the intensity of the things for which we pray, Lord.  Keep us courageously mindful that your way is laden with tears on the way to resurrection. Amen. from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro, p. 169 From the blog Theme: … Continue reading “Tears on the way”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-15100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-tears"],"yoast_head":"\nTears on the way - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Keep us courageously mindful that your way is laden with tears on the way to resurrection. 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They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. 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