We come to you in prayer one day into the mystery. Help us to scrape away the corrosive sin in our lives, help us to put aside all that is not you, and to reconcile the whole world to your care. Let us remember how that begins where we are, with ourselves and our communities.… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Misattribution & Apathy
As Covid 19 became a reality across the world, as cases spread and lockdowns tightened an interesting subgroup of Americans surfaced. These anti-maskers decided that being told to wear a mask violated their civil liberties. They called loudly for their personal freedoms even when faced with the high cost of the health of those around… Read More
Monday Prayer – Open
The curtains on the small stage are tightly closed, the floor swept clean and chairs stacked away. The children aren’t down the hall, the costumes hang untouched in darkness. The music hasn’t moved, the folders haven’t opened, the pianos haven’t pounded out a difficult arrangement as volunteers peered at notes on a page, wondering how… Read More
Monday Prayer – Open
“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place of the dwelling of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; therefore shall she not be removed; God shall help her at the break of day.”* Thank you, Lord, for this psalm today. Thank you for the… Read More
RCL; thoughts on November 15, Proper 28 Year A
(Judges 4:1-7, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Matthew 25:14-30) We walk a narrow path, it seems. The whole world is in a seemingly precarious state, from additional and unprecedented Covid 19 cases, to the election in the United States, to racial tensions and climate change; well, it all sort of feels overwhelming and end… Read More
Monday Prayer – Nothing but the Water
Lord, we come before you today as we begin another week. Some of us have had a huge weight lifted from our shoulders. But Lord our hearts are still heavy, our hope flame is still sputtering, our motivation is absent because it feels like what we do maybe doesn’t matter anyway. Lord, I had other… Read More
Monday Prayer – Softly and Tenderly
I can feel my grandma’s lap, one that she held me on long after I was too big I can feel her chair rock us both as she strokes my hair and sings softly in my ear… why should we tarry when Jesus us pleading? Pleading for you and for me. Why should we linger… Read More
Proper 24, Year A – RCL –
(Matt. 22:15-22, Exodus 33:12-23, Isaiah 45:1-7, 1 Thess. 1:1-10) This week brings us that famous (infamous?) incident from Matthew 22, wherein the Pharisees try to trap Jesus by asking if it is lawful to pay taxes to the emperor. They know, as does Jesus, as does the biblical scholar, that for Jesus to say no… Read More
Thursday Prayer – Supplication
God, we have almost made it through the shifting and filtered time of another week. Supply motivation today, help us to do the work you’ve given us to do. Help us to do more than mark time, more than cross days off the calendar. Strengthen and uphold us as we walk beside each other, help… Read More
Monday Prayer – A new week
Another Monday dawns, and in my corner of the world the wind is gusting and sending thin sheets of rain across the pavements. Orange and red leaves have appeared over night on the trees, and the end of September approaches. Lord, we come to you both weary and ready to begin another week. Strengthen and… Read More
