[soc.religion.christian] Protestant rosary

plaisted@cs.unc.edu (David Plaisted) (09/23/90)

In article <Sep.13.04.20.46.1990.24979@athos.rutgers.edu>, nlt@duke.cs.duke.edu (N. L. Tinkham) asks about a form of the rosary that does not involve
veneration of Mary.  As a Protestant, I find meditation about the life
of Christ (without a rosary etc.) uplifting.  Take the scenes in the
life of Christ one by one, in order, from the announcement to Mary,
his birth, childhood, baptism, life, sufferings, death, resurrection,
and promise of his second coming.  Imagine each one in turn.  You will
be surprised at how powerful this is, and how uplifting, and what deep
spiritual lessons it conveys that you had not suspected before.  It's
also uplifting to memorize Bible promises and recall them to memory
throughout the day, especially in times of stress and conflict.

        Peace

        Dave Plaisted

(The above list is of course just a sketch;  you will probably want to
use a much more detailed list.)