“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
Thursday Prayer: Steady Ease
Breathing in: steady out of the miry bog, my feet set upon a rock… You are indeed my rock… Breathing out: ease Your yoke is easy, your burden light. (Scripture paraphrased from Psalms 40 and 31, Matthew 11) Jemma Allen is a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and… Read More
Thursday Prayer: hear our weeping
What cannot be said will be wept – a quote attributed to Sappho You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record? -Psalm 56: 8 O God, when words fail hear our weeping. Hear our weeping, treasure our tears, answer our cry. Amen. … Read More
Thursday Prayer: A Prayer for World Refugee Day
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 May we who seek to follow in the way of Jesus and to be made more and more in the likeness of Christ live out our calling as refuge and strength to those who leave their home in search of safety, as… Read More
