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Prayer authored by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr
A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).
The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.
The prayer has achieved very wide distribution, spreading through the YWCA and other groups in the 1930s, and in Alcoholics Anonymous and related organizational materials since at least 1941. Since at least the early 1960s, commercial enterprises such as Hallmark Cards have used the prayer in its greeting cards and gift items. The prayer has also made its way into popular culture, including in works by Bill Watterson, Neil Young, Bryan Lee O'Malley and Sinéad O'Connor, and programming including True Detective.
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commentary, Niebuhr is also known for having composed the SerenityPrayer, a widely recited prayer which was popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous. Niebuhr...
non-Christian versions Litany Lord's Prayer Magnificat (Song of Mary) Nicene Creed Prayer for the dead SerenityPrayer Trinitarian formula Vespers Vigil...
project derives from the SerenityPrayer. As of 2021, Kling works full-time on SerenityOS, supported by community donations. SerenityOS aims to be a modern...
sobriety coins, given for specified lengths of sobriety; on the back is the SerenityPrayer. Green is for six months of sobriety; purple is for nine months....
Matthew 5:4–5 on his chest, a Christian cross on his left arm, the SerenityPrayer and his own message saying "I thank God for the gift that he has given...
Record Book (1996) The Serenity Runes: Five Keys to the SerenityPrayer with co-author Susan Loughan (1998); reissued as The Serenity Runes: Five Keys to...
"I Say a Little Prayer" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, originally peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
senior vice president at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and author of The SerenityPrayer (2003). His maternal grandfather was the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr...
Arceneaux, Michael (February 10, 2018). "Opinion | The Student Loan SerenityPrayer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved...
Effectiveness Concepts Twelve Steps Twelve Traditions Higher Power SerenityPrayer Literature The Big Book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions The Little...
Effectiveness Concepts Twelve Steps Twelve Traditions Higher Power SerenityPrayer Literature The Big Book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions The Little...
Jack to scold Kevin. As Jack speaks with his sponsor and recites the serenityprayer, Kevin remains flippant, but Jack apologizes to Kevin. A game injury...
and a prayer of some sort. Prayers used to close meetings today include the "we" version of the "SerenityPrayer" ("God, Grant us the serenity to accept...
author of the influential The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941), and the SerenityPrayer (popularized through the Twelve-step program) Peter C. Phan – the inaugural...
of the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her left shoulder and one of the "SerenityPrayer" along the right side of her torso. The legal status of tattoos is...
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