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=Welcome to a CBS-CS class on prayer=

Getting Started

 * Welcome to the first CBSCS online class.
 * This course will be structured in a way that you will be presented with information about different kinds of prayers; we will look at some prayers in particular, and you will have an opportunity to dialogue with one another about your response to the prayers. I will be offering some of my own thoughts on prayers and there will be readings that I hope you will look at and then respond to online
 * Goals of the course:
 * To introduce you to different types of prayers (Public, private, prayer for healing, prayers for the sake of spirituality, prayers in response to disaster)
 * To go into depth about some specific prayers in our tradition
 * To discuss what we think a prayer says and what it means
 * To grapple with the notion of prayer overall and how we want to incorporate it into our lives
 * To create an online community of learners in order to strengthen our "face-to-face" community
 * Please recognize that this format of learning is new to many of you, as it is to me. At the top of this page (the Home page) there is a discussion called Help!!!. Post any problems or questions here, or e-mail stephen at sbittner@me.com
 * To begin, go to the Orientation by clicking on the link on the left side of this page, and Welcome Aboard!