Perhaps no prayer is more beloved of Christians everywhere than the Lord’s Prayer, sometimes called the Prayer of Jesus. While many of us still use the words as found in Matthew 6:9-13, it is an irresistible urge to recreate this most fundamental of prayers in modern language. This week and next, we offer you contemporary versions of the Lord’s Prayer. Pray them all and see what resonates with you. Better yet, be moved to write your own.
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming.
read moreGood caring presence within us, around us, and above us;
Hold us in a sense of mystery and wonder.
A contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer adapted from the prayer book of the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
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