Give me ears to hear. Help me to use the whisper that I hear to turn my full attention to those who are speaking. Read More
Thursday Prayer
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Sunday Prayer
God, build us into your house, a house of living stones built on the rock. Enable us to live as your exiles, resident aliens in a foreign land. All of us belonging to you. No one missing. No one forgotten. Knowing you have your eye on us. Knowing that you are good. In but not… Read More
Sunday Prayer: White Woman Worship/er
Still white after all these years… Read More
Sunday Prayer – White Woman Worship/er
Originally posted on bjhlog:
Photo of Rev. Dr. Barb Hedges-Goettl at her daughter’s wedding; taken by a family member. (Don’t have too many pictures in my pastor garb, and couldn’t find any white women worshiper photos that were available without copyright.) Dear God, I confess that I am–I know this is surprising to you–still white.…
Sunday Prayer
What if we hope against hope in the God of hope? Read More
SUNDAY Prayer 6/5/22
Having a trans daughter gives the words of the Belhar Confession new meaning and resonance, particularly in Pride Month. Read More
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Revised Common Lectionary Worship Resources: May 29, 2022 Acts 16:16-34
Originally posted on bjhlog:
*SUNG CALL to WORSHIP #106 Alleluia, Alleluia! (chorus, v. 1-2)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? *HYMN #104 Christ is Risen, Shout Hosanna! CALL TO CONFESSION: Jesus wants to set us free, let us confess our need for God’s freedom and forgiveness to God. UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Jesus, we confess that, like the slave girl and…
Sermon on Act 16:16-34 (RCL May 29, 2022)
Originally posted on bjhlog:
As noted last week, the Narrative Lectionary uses the time between Easter and Pentecost to focus on the early church, this year telling the story of Paul, using passages from Acts and (this year) from Philippians Acts is, of course, the continuation of the story of Jesus’s followers as told by…
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