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Introduction to Pray Now 2010 - Journeys
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The theme of journeying, literally and figuratively, recurs time and again in our Christian faith. Think of God's call to Abraham to leave his home and go to a new country and of the journey of the Israelites through the desert to the Promised Land. |
Think of Mary's journey to Bethlehem and of Paul's missionary journeys throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Think of the description of the Christian life as a journey or pilgrimage - "Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land" as the well-known hymn expresses it.
On choosing the theme of journeys for the 2010 edition of Pray Now, the writers focus our thoughts and prayers on a key concept that is rich in resources for reading, reflection and prayer.
At the end of the Scottish Year of Homecoming, and as the church prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1910 World Mission conference in Edinburgh, we have been thinking a lot about how far we have travelled as people and as a church. Whether we go to far-flung places, encounter new cultures or simply stay at home facing new challenges and experiences, all of us journey in some way.
This year, the Pray Now Group have written prayers that reflect on different types of journey (emotional and physical) as well as different aspects and stages of journeying like departures, being on the road and arrivals. Of course, we all travel through life in unique ways and indeed people will journey through Pray Now in a way that is most beneficial to them but there is truth that unites on the way and always brings us home - God is with us, wherever we are and whatever we encounter; we are on a journey together.
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The Rev Alan D Birss
Convener, Task Group on Worship and Doctrine
Mission and Discipleship Council |
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