Category Archives: Life as Prayer

Thanksgiving 2010

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

I’m thankful for… A fuller house than usual with the arrival of my parents from Michigan Sixteen years of marriage to a wonderful woman A brilliant and bubbly little girl who still lets me read her bedtime stories Friends and … Continue reading →

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Worry

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Therefore do not worry, saying “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all … Continue reading →

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Joseph of Nazareth, Pray with Us!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

To the extent that it is possible for a lifelong Baptist to have a patron saint, Joseph of Nazareth is one of two that I will claim. (The other is Vincent of Lérins, whose feast day is May 24.) I’m … Continue reading →

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Lent is for All Christians

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

The February edition of Baptists Today contained a letter to the editor expressing one Baptist’s opinion of ecumenical catholicity. In his words, BT “really opened a serious can of worms” in its December issue by running an article suggesting that … Continue reading →

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Tuesdays with Mary (2): Mary's Scandal

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Another gem from Jeanie Miley: We talk about the Ten Commandments, and when we do I always think about how God asked this young Jewish girl to put herself in the position of being censured and shunned, at the least, and even … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

I’m thankful for… A little girl who likes Homer and Louisa May Alcott for bedtime stories. A little girl who interrupts the bedtime story to ask about words or expressions she doesn’t understand. A freshly painted guest room—and all the … Continue reading →

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What the World Needs Now…

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Saints!  I think that basically, from the church’s point of view, what we need to do is form saints – people of faith, hope and love. Thus says Glenn Hinson, one of my professors at the Seminary formerly known as … Continue reading →

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Conservative Inerrantist SBCer Honors Jimmy Carter

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Wade Burleson is obviously a man of strong conservative convictions. While some are a bit miffed that he seems to have only recently realized the degree of hurt the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention inflicted on some of its … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of the Gospel

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Here is an observation worthy of careful consideration. One of the great Prayer Book collects asks God that we may “love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise”. That is always tough, for all of … Continue reading →

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A Hermeneutical Key to the Book of Hebrews 4

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

There is a final avenue of exploration of the message of Hebrews that I would like to explore in terms of the anthropological concept of liminality, and that is how the author envisioned his readers conducting their earthly lives. Attitude … Continue reading →

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