Written: “to unite us in common prayer and revive us for common mission” during this crisis. In the spirit of Pentecost, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and his Lutheran counterpart, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, invite congregations to pray this from Pentecost through the first Sunday in September. In addition to expressing a shared desire for renewal… Read More

This conversation, God, is uncomfortable. I’m not complaining, I am only noticing and acknowledging. It’s uncomfortable because there is shame and guilt. There is also, sadly, denial. There is the need to talk knowing mistakes will be made as I learn to see through the lens of whiteness into a kaleidoscope of truth. Being vulnerable… Read More

I have only a few words in this feeble prayer. I am listening. I am learning. I am examining myself. I am trying to recognize how the system of racism lives in and through me. It’s like a tangled up ball of yarn. I untangle one layer only to encounter another. Until it’s all untangled,… Read More

This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to… Read More

Holy God, Lent is over. Easter Day is over But the season of Easter lasts for 50 days. On this Tuesday after, six weeks in with another six, or eight twelve weeks to go for this shelter in place, stay home stay safe or what ever you have to do in your context, in mine,… Read More