• Doctrine

    A Litany Primer

    By Mary Abrahamson Embracing the richness of this beautiful prayer Sometimes we hear or read churchly words and feel like they are far above us.  We don’t understand their history, or why such high-falootin’ kinds of words have to be used.   In short, they don’t have to be used.   But they have been used for generations of church and home worship.  And these words are part of the rich history of Christianity.  These complicated sounding words define a shared tradition that unites us with all of the Holy Christian Church throughout time.   In this article I’m going to share what I’ve learned about the Litany so that…