Teach Us to Pray: To Pray without Ceasing

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough,
Massachusetts. For more information,
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by Joshua Chestnut


David's resolve to "bless the Lord at all times" and Paul's
command to "pray without ceasing" might sound like either pious
exaggerations or nearly impossible options reserved for only the
most spiritually advanced among us, but this not need be! As the
first in a series on the ways Christians have prayed through the
centuries, this lecture will consider the writings of John
Cassian to see how these verses animated the prayerful
imaginations of early Christian monks in surprisingly realistic,
honest, and practical ways.


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