Phyllis Tickle and fixed-hour prayer

Make America grateful again: Diana Butler Bass says ‘gratitude is not a happy pill’

By Jana Riess — April 9, 2018
(RNS) — Gratitude, says theologian Diana Butler Bass, is not a happy pill, nor is it about how much you're glad that you're comfortable and own stuff. In fact, it's not really about you.

Rest in peace, Phyllis Tickle

By Jana Riess — September 22, 2015
Rest in peace, darling Phyllis . . . with gratitude for all the love and nourishment you have given to so many writers, artists, church people, not-church-people, and assorted basset hounds.

The Tickle-down theory of prayer

By Jana Riess — March 12, 2014
The Tickle-down theory states that the riches of one extraordinary liturgical prayer practice can be enjoyed by any layperson. Happy 80th birthday, Phyllis Tickle.
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