Drawing Closer to God through Liturgy: an invitation to the Book of Common Prayer (Peter Merz)

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Many of us don't find prayer easy.  However, there is much that those who have gone before us over many centuries have left behind that can teach us and help us as we seek to rest in and struggle before God. In this lecture Peter considers the liturgy of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer as a rich framework for drawing close to God, enjoying Him, and being reminded of who He is and who we are before Him, with a particular focus on the form of prayer known as the collect.

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