Wednesday Prayer: June 15, 2022

Pray for us, Holy God. The ones who continue to be overlooked for the handsome, charismatic man who has bypassed the ordination process, but still gets handed the pulpit. Pray for us, when we are told that the young, white, guitar playing Flip-flop wearing guy needs to be the “face” of the ministry While our… Read More

Wednesday Prayer: June 8, 2022

PRAYING WITH THIS HERE FLESH (NOTE: My women’s bible study just finished the book This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley.  At the end of the final session, I asked all the participants to reflect on this important book.  This prayer is a collection of the thoughts that they had gathered as to their “learning”… Read More

Thursday Prayer May 26, 2022 A Blessing for Our Teachers

We need to confess, Holy One, that the world has made profane the sacred calling that is teaching; the sacredness of caring for our children and our futures is dismissed as menial labor, undervalued and sorely underpaid. Redeem us from the world’s thoughtlessness and help us to bless those among us who have answered this… Read More

Monday Prayer May 16, 2022

We are grieving, Holy God, all of the senseless deaths. Over six million from pandemic alone, and countless more from famine and economic struggle. Unexpected ones — preventable ones — from lack of access to healthcare resources, and let’s not forget the toll of war. Because if anything defines “senseless” it is the acts of… Read More