So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s lament fills our ears from a shul in Monsey, NY to spiked underpasses in London. So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s cries resound among the Uygur in Xinjiang, China and firefighters in Australia. So close… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love
How is it that my Lord can love me from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven? How has it come to pass that I am the beloved of the Sovereign of angels, the Commander of the dawn? Yet there is the sun — a sign in the east — greeting me across… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Joy
Lead us to the water, O Spirit, calm in a pool or flowing in a river or pounding down a waterfall. Lead us to the water where we can bathe, splash, leap and laugh, rinse and relax, soak for hours, until violence is washed clean from our skin and defensiveness is eased from our tense… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Reparations
What needs to be repaired in the world? What restoration is longed for by the injured and heartbroken? Here is your God, coming with vengeance to demand reparations and to save you. (Isaiah 35:4) What healing is needed in your community? What aches and pains await resolve in your own life? The Mighty One scatters… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Peace
In the fear of the LORD, we pray for a root — merely a root, buried deep — that we might hope for the blooming of peace. In the wonder of the LORD, we pray for a child — for every child among us — to tame the lions and asps within us to be… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Hope
O Holy Mystery, the day is near and we have gathered to await your coming. Find us here in our waiting. Kindle the hope within us. O Holy Mountain, the way is steep but we are gladly coming with plowshares and pruning hooks. Meet us along the journey. Kindle the hope between us. O Holy… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Saints and Sinners
For all the saintswho from their labors rest……and we, somewhere in the space between mourning and jealousy, continue to labor in a world that assumes little opportunity for rest. The law is slack and judgment is perverted (Habakkuk 1:4), our bodies groan day & night and our strength is dried up (Psalm 32:3-4), faithful discipleship… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Generations
Blessed are those who pray in the mountains,where the signs of heaven are clear, wherethe echoes of creation’s praise roll like thunder.Blessed are those who pray in the dark of night,when the promise of the sun is distant, whenthe LORD whispers secrets to the despairing.Blessed are those who pray in the cities,where the revelation is… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Remember
Though our teeth are set on edge, O God,let us never forget your name.Though the night is long with wrestling, O God,let us never forget your blessing.Though the sun and moon strike us, O God,let us never forget your help.Though the litany of lies grows, O God,let us never forget we belong to you.Though justice… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Send Word
Tell the stars to send word, O Creator,of your faithfulness to every generation,of your trustworthiness through the long night of injustice.Tell the children to send word, O Love,of your accompaniment in places of exile,of your blessed increase even in the presence of enemies.Tell the prophets to send word, O Hope,of your oasis in the desert… Read More
