The morning light is dull the sky is gray land faded yellows Winter is here, but not really. The uncommonly warm temps in my part of the world disconcerting. This decade comes to an end. A decade of change and challenge A decade of hope and joy A decade that ends in a state I… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: the eve of the incarnation
Gracious God, God of light, God of life, God of all that is You come to us in the darkness of the night and call us by name Give us, we pray the grace to hear you – the hope to see you – the love needed to mend a broken world. Help us to… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Holy and gracious God, the giver of light and life, we thank you for this gift of life. We thank you for those who come into our lives as prophets, pointing us toward that most precious gift, your Son. We thank you for those we travel with us as we seek to know more fully… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Participating in the Sixteen days of activism to end gender based violence this prayer poem was written and published first in 2010 for Anglican Women’s Empowerment in conjunction with the Episcopal Women’s Caucus as part of a project with UNWomen and the NCC. Let us pray for the Spirit of Wisdom to rest upon us… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Many Christian denominations celebrate the season of Advent, which began on Sunday, Dec. 1. It is a season of expectation and waiting: expecting God to come into our lives anew, and waiting for that new birth, new life of God in us. For about ten years a group of Christians have also claimed the first… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God of the broken broken by shame hidden deep and ignored for years which nonetheless affected everything turned joy to skepticism turned hope to caution turned love to fear turned anger to depression turned abuse to self blame blame. God of the broken break open now the lies and myths that have kept me silent,… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Gracious God, In a world that is simultaneously Expanding and contracting Help us to breath in a steady rhythm in and out that the expanding may helps us grow and the contracting will not make us smaller Help us to see You In and Out In all ways always. In the rising sun In the… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God, we live in interesting times. Like everything can change in a second; the weather a life a love a hope a fear a breath a decision a kindness a sorrow in a second. But you God, we believe are changeless, constant, ever present always with us. May it be so. Amen. Prayer poem and… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
There’s a change in the air that hints of fall mornings are cooler and the light is shifting with sharper angles as the sun moves south. The harvest in my garden is plentiful, plump ripe tomatoes, warm off the vine the deepest red, no other tomato this sweet. The flowers fragrant, the sunflowers rising high… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Through all the trials and tribulations, the anxiety and fear, the changes and challenges, the loss and the grief, the endlessness of these days, may peace come. may peace come, if only for a moment. may peace come like a gentle breeze like the soft breath of a baby may peace come like the stillness… Read More
