You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory ...

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"I’m not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ask who wrote it. For much of my life it never occurred to me that prayers were the kind of things that people actually wrote down, especially something as popular as the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference.....” More at The Conversation ➜

You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr. theconversation.com

You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory || by Scott Paeth :: The Conversation