I’ve been reading and thinking about how our prayer and worship is embodied in our actions. For someone who spends a great deal of time in the virtual world of the web, I am conscious of how important the physical, earthy material world is. Just as face-to-face personal encounters are fundamental in relationships, our spiritual life is not a mere abstraction in search of a feeling. Rather we embody our faith in our lives by the way we act and live. Our prayers may take place in private and public places of worship, but they should be embodied in our action. If I pray the needy, my prayer should be embodied through helpful action toward the needy. Frank Laubach taught me that when I am in public around people, every encounter can be a prayer and a blessing. Would that our world thought in terms of blessing instead of cursing and killing.

Anyway, I ran across an interesting series related to this that some might enjoy.

Transforming Sermons pointed me to a blogs series by John Frye about Jesus in the Margins. Take a pause from the barrage web news and find yourself inspired.