God, you might have peeked over my shoulder and noticed that the last time I wrote it was entitled “The Last Time”. And here I am again, the last time. This time, this last time, I give thanks for the funny stories, for the debates that sometimes got a bit, erm, strident, over lipstick that… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
According to her brother, the singing never stopped in the house that she founded. Sister of Naucratius and Gregory of Nyssa, she chose to leave behind wealth and status, abandoning everything to move to an ancestral home near a river, where her haven of fervent women learned the scriptures, and to sing, and to heal… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Help us, Opener of Eyes, to see you. Even amidst the daily and mundane tasks that seem to occupy so much of our brains. Help us to look for the little moments when you appear in unexpected giggles, printers that obey, passwords that work the first time, tomatoes on sale when we need them. Thank… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Thank you, God for the tent that kept us dry last night that the cooler is still cold that the bear didn’t come for the way Lake Huron thunders for the warmth of fast food restaurants and the joy of hot coffee. Help us, I pray, to be open to your gifts, aware of the… Read More
Friday Prayer
Holy One – did you lean closer today and watch as the small black cat crossed the road, toward my beckoning hand on her delicate paws? Did you hear the way she purred, did you send her just for me? And while I’m at it, can you make heaven like summer camp? Can there be… Read More
Friday Prayer
Holy Parent, I give you thanks for the memories, almost 18 years worth. I’m thankful for parent teacher conferences, all those other adults who spent more time with my child than I was able, who taught her more than I could ever know. Thank you for paintings, misshapen pottery, walks to school on autumn days,… Read More
Friday Prayer
For every feathered thing that sings we give you praise, For every green and living thing we are thankful. Hear us Lord as we cry out to you: Supplication and praise, Sorrow and thanksgiving, Song and lament. Hear us Lord, for your mercy is great, and your abundance unrivaled. Help us to believe in both.… Read More
Monday Prayer – Love
Compassionate God, Lay on our hearts an undeniable call to love: The people who do not know what they will eat today or where they will sleep tonight. The people who are hurting, lost, in captivity, sick or dying. Those who pretend not to hear the rattle of the chains that hold them, or to… Read More
Monday Prayer – Last Words
Ceaseless Creator – This week many of us walk toward a new church year. Give us the will to wrap up or snip off the dangling strings of the things we have left undone until now. Give us grace when we can’t find our scissors, and when we can’t let things go. Give us insight… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – Nov. 14
As I reviewed the readings for this week one theme rang out, accompanied by a visceral image of robed people crossing a field at dusk toward a church that glows. A wondering of mine is how to find the right words to convince people to be true disciples of Jesus, to undertake a painful and… Read More
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