I encourage you to use this space to bounce ideas off one another, and continue the conversation. So, bookmark this page and leave comments on a regular basis. Here is this week's topic of discussion:
Have you had further understanding of the opening words of the Lord's Prayer as a result of this week's study? Have you found yourself praying, "hallowed be your name?" Perhaps you have a thought you would like to add to what we talked about this week. Let's hear it!
2 comments:
I have truly enjoyed all of our discussions over the past year and a half. They have challenged me to reevaluate my thinking on how I look at scripture. All that said I was skeptical coming into this study on the Lord's Prayer. Every other study, sermon, book, or lecture on the Lord's Prayer I have encountered has treated it like a spiritual vending machine. A mechanical way to break down all prayer to make sure you pray in the correct way to get what you want. I am ashamed to admit I was worried that this study would turn out more of the same.
I am pleased to say that I could not have been more wrong.
On the actual discussion of "Our Father in heaven"
I fail at looking up the translation from the original language. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.
I did find several translations of the passage.
" Our Father in heaven,
help us to honor
your name. " Contemporary English Version
"Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence" Footnotes of the English Standard Version
"Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are." The Message
(btw I read some passages I am more firm on, and I do not like "The Message".)
"Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy."
New Living Translation
Most of the rest leave it at Hallowed be your name. There does seem to be a great deal of wiggle room in translation. So I'm left with what makes the most sense to me. Our Father in heaven, your name is holy...
Another thought from the peanut gallery: "Our Father in heaven, because your name is holy..."
Weasel Peplinski
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