“Let there be rest for the weary, O God Most High,rest and peace to the brokenhearted,peace and pleasure for the despondent,and let freedom come like an angel to the earth.” So sing the stars and constellations,the leviathan from its depths and the dragon from its heights,the fire and hail and wind and snow; So sing… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love
What we have confined, O Love,you have exploded. What we have defined, O Love,you have confounded. What we have constrained, O Love,you have released. What we have diminished, O Love,you have overflowed. What we have cast in stone, O Love,you have made to dance. What we have discarded, O Love,you have set as foundational. So… Read More
Sunday Prayer of the Prophet Mary
Let this breath be an insight into your gloryand this flesh be alive with your joy — for who else is so powerful yet so mercifulas to be revealed through me for the sake of a blessing? It is the same One whose name is told through generationsand whispered in defiance of death and evil;… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Cry Out!
How long, O Peace, will we hold one another hostage?How long will we demand endless penalty for every debt? “Make straight and wide a path in the wildernessso that all might travel safely in God’s presence,”said the prophet — but no, we insist, it can’t be so easy. How long, O Peace, will we restrain… Read More
Sunday Prayer: As Far As the Western Sea
Not me, O Life, but us. Not mine, O Life, but ours. As far as the eastern horizon,as far as the western sea,all that is and all that can be. Not us or them, O Life, but every. Not ours or theirs, O Life, but all’s. From the first wisp of dustto its final sighing… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Bargaining
You have said to me, “Come,”but you have left me to wanderin search of your desired “where.” You have named me, “Blessed,”but you have been unrelentingwith every trial on my life. You have said to me, “Be still and know,”but you have covered the eyes of my heartso that I cannot understand your ways. You… Read More
Sunday Prayer: At the Altar
deep breath roll your stiff neck:right, slowlyleft, slowlyright, slowlyleft, slowly deep breath listen: you are god’s testimony,a sign of god’s repentance deep breath pause from your race-of-a-journey:curl your toes, slowlyflex your toes, slowlyturn your face upward in delightturn your face downward in gratitude deep breath listen:the lowlands are not too close to the sea for… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Thunder and Lightning
Spare us, Most Holy One, from the rolling thunder of your voice as it quakes our weary souls and sends us scurrying for lesser comforts. Let our comforts not be secondary gods, false idols, exploitation or cruelty or jealousy or lies. Spare us, Most Holy One, from the piercing light of your truth as it… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Here I Am
Here I am: lost in the wilderness, chasing sheep and rabbit holes, out of touch with my own spirit and being, but here I am — wherever “here” is. Here I am: unsettled and uncertain, overwhelmed by grief and setback, desperate for meaning from burning bushes, but here I am — however “here” might be.… Read More
Sunday Prayer: One of Another
Blessed are you, one of another, and most blessed is the other with whom you are one. Blessed is the rock and holy is the river, and beautiful are the shapes & spaces they cannot make without the other. Blessed is the breath and holy is the heart, and precious are the life & community… Read More
