Not my favorite NT Wright book. A very brief engagement of the Lord's prayer. Wright made some excellent observations, but the brevity left me confused at points. ( )

A great, super quick read, on the Lords Prayer. Changed my approach to the frequency and way in which I say the Lords Prayer.

Well written, very accessible. Keeping in mind his Anglicanism, it nevertheless has many excellent insights and helps to the background, understanding, use and application of the Lord's Prayer. ( )

A short (90 pages) but extremely helpful look at the Lord's Prayer, based on a series of sermons from Tom Wright in 1995. Wright journeys through each of the six main phrases in the prayer, looking at them from the point of view of Jesus' proclamation of the Kingdom. Readable (especially for Wright !), insightful, and strongly recommended. ( )

A little book, but with great depth. In a series of six sermons that were preached in the run up to Christmas, Tom Wright examines the Lord's prayer phrase by phrase. His writing is accessible but profound, easy to read and difficult to forget.

One insight that struck me with great force was the communal nature of the prayer. It is prayed in the first person plural, and therefore has great power as we choose to align ourselves with each other before our Father. I don't just pray for my bread to be provided, but for bread to be provided for us, whoever the us is that I bring to the Father. I don't just pray that for my forgiveness and forgivingness, but for our forgiveness and forgivingness. I am still working the implications of this insight through. I suspect that when I read this book again something else will strike me. ( )