In the resting and regrouping, the breathing out and in, be with us still, God incarnate; in the family celebrations delayed, in the pj day and plates of leftovers, be with us still, God incarnate; as the candles are put away, the orders of service filed with annotations, in the reviewing and rejigging, be with… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for a moment’s rest
For the comfortable chair, and a few moments to sit, to breathe; For our feet on the ground and the unconditional support the earth offer us; For gravity steadily holding us in place even as our busy minds swirl; Gracious God we thank you and ask for your restful, steadying presence with us in all… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Hope of the tree
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. Isaiah 11:1 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease” Job 14: 7 By the grace of God, may we… Read More
Thursday Prayer: By God’s Mercy
“Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.” 2 Corinthians 4:1 NRSV By God’s mercy, in the strength of God’s mercy, in the tenderness of God’s mercy, in the fierceness of God’s mercy, in the redemptive power of God’s mercy we are engaged in… Read More
Thursday Prayer: known and loved
Dear God We thank you that you know us and love us love us and delight in us delight in us and draw us more fully into your life. We thank you that you know us and hear us hear what we can say and what we can only sigh, what we sigh and what… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Saying no
From saying a grudging yes, when we might say a gracious no Dear God, save us! Amen. Jemma Allen is a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia who expresses her ministry in the work of counselling and spiritual direction, and as a PhD student at the University of Auckland. … Read More
Thursday Prayer: for laughter
For the gift of laughter: we give you joyful thanks and praise. For the laughter of friends who remember the stories and listen with laughter all the same; who see the hilarious in the tribulations; who enlarge our worlds with their generous laughter: we give you joyful thanks and praise. For the laughter that makes… Read More
Thursday prayer: clothe yourself with kindness
Clothe yourselves with …kindness… Colossians 3 May I dress this day in kindness: the kindness of attentive presence, the kindness of truthful speech, the kindness of wholehearted listening; May I dress this day in kindness: the kindness of a thoughtful gesture, the kindness of a small favour, the kindness of responsive action; May I dress… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for the listeners
We give you thanks O God, for those who listen: we pray for professional listeners for therapists and counsellors, who hear our stories, and those things we cannot bear to say; we pray for physicians who listen not only to our words but to our bodies to our heartbeat and to our breath, to the… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Encouragement
We thank you, O God, for encouragement: for friends who strengthen our hearts by showing up to cheer us on, for friends who send gifs and thumbs up who wish us well. We thank you that this encouragement builds us up, makes us braver, makes us stronger, draws us on. We thank you and praise… Read More
