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The Outer Edges of Prayer
He declares, “This isn’t / exactly a prayer. It’s more / the unbelieving yelp of prey grabbed suddenly by a wolf . . . .”
Marilyn McEntyre
May 6, 2026
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He declares, “This isn’t / exactly a prayer. It’s more / the unbelieving yelp of prey grabbed suddenly by a wolf . . . .”
“I have found possible and useful, in my own practice, to pray back the Bible to God, who dwells therein.”
Simone Weil once said, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” This is what Wood achieves: a book of intense attention.
For most of July, I was on an extended trip to England: partly for research, partly for vacation, and partly to prepare for my fall
If he was worth loving, he is worth grieving over. Grief is existential testimony to the worth of the one loved. That worth abides. So
We’re entering the slow summer months at church. I love these months. Easter and Pentecost have passed. We’ve started having just one service on Sunday
Prayer is difficult. Last winter, I began to pray differently. For years, I had been praying daily with the help of the Book of Common