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Good morning! \u00a0Today my second post, \u201cAdoration isn\u2019t flattery,\u201d \u00a0is up at the Register<\/em><\/a>. While I get used to my new writing schedule, blogging here may be a little spotty, but I have no intention of letting this blog wither away! \u00a0Please keep checking back (don\u2019t forget you can subscribe: \u00a0see the top right sidebar), and I would love to see you over at the Register<\/em>, too.<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for the congratulations and good wishes! \u00a0I was really pleased at the reception my first post<\/a> got. \u00a0This second one is not so angrifying. \u00a0It starts like this:<\/p>\n

When I was younger, I always felt a little cheesy praising God.<\/p>\n

I knew that the proper order of prayer is ACTS: adoration, contrition, thanksgiving, supplication. I always felt fluent in the last three, but adoration was tricky. It was hard to shake the feeling that I was buttering God up in preparation for asking for a favor: \u201cHeyyy, Lord, looking good there. Glorious! I mean, really, just omnipotent today! Love the whole endless goodness thing. With the angels, and the loving sacrifice, and so on. Really grade-A work. So! Um, now that I\u2019m here, I was wondering if you could, um, increase vocations, heal my friend\u2019s cancer, and help me move my couch this weekend \u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n

Not exactly Psalm material \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest at the Register.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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