Lord, we come before you today with our hands full. Full of missing cats and old dogs, children who won’t grow up and the ones who grew up too soon. Full of money problems and justice problems, church problems and world problems. Lord, we are missing friends and family. We are missing leaders who fought… Read More
RCL Reflections for 20 September: Death and Labor
It seems we have another week ripe for preaching; manna from Heaven, an indignant Jonah, St. Paul choosing to remain present in his dispersed communities of believers, and the parable of the landowner who pays in more ways than one. What bubbles up for you as you read the Exodus reading, as the people are… Read More
Monday Prayer – Breath of God
Lord, we come to you as we start this week with our intentions, seeking your mercy, we plead for your breath. Breathe rain, Lord. Soaking, thorough, cleansing rain to quench the fires, to wash our hearts, our lips, our hands clean. Breathe peace, Lord. Quiet the winds but stir up your church, send us out… Read More
Monday Prayer: Labor
God of All Labor I wonder: When you created the waters did your arm muscles sing like the arms of the workers who haul wet sheets in hotel laundry rooms? Or did you nonchalantly SNAP the world into being as they snap towels while they fold them? When you raised up the mountains did your lower… Read More
