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RevGalBlogPals: about the strength of writing worship prayers by the minister herself. (Have a look at the great answers)

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RevGalBlogPals: Ask the Matriarch  Ask the Matriarch: Writing Prayers Today’s question comes from a pastor who writes her own prayers.  Ha Na's letter to RevGalBlogPals Dear matriarchs,  I am an intern-minister at a small congregation in Vancouver Island in Canada. I've recently found out that when I write prayers myself for each Sunday worship, especially Call to Worship and Opening Prayer (or Prayer of the Day), it can really touch people's heart and communicate something greater than when I borrow someone else's very well-done prayers.  I think it may be mainly because my own prayer contains the element of locality, the congregation's emerging issue and the day or the week's concerns and shows a kind of common spiritual culture or landscape we share as a congregation. English is my second language, so I am helped by a congregant's volunteer in editing. Sometimes I find that she may misunderstand and may not always fully r