Holy One, We have sung and chanted and prayed and exulted. We have alleluia’d and amen’ed. We have moved the half-dead flowers and re-set our churches for Eastertide. We have studied and prepared our next sermon series. We have scheduled all the “after-Easter” tasks. We are tired. Lord, After you taught and preached and healed… Read More
Friday Prayer
O Holy One, as Creation holds its breath, we wait we ponder we search our souls. we doubt we step back in fear we fail you. grant us peace give us hope clear our minds as we listen for that first whisper from the tomb, as we watch for that first glimmer of resurrection light.… Read More
Friday Prayer: Out of breath
Holy One, I am out of breath exhausted worrying about details writing list upon list of tasks shopping and baking researching and writing finding more volunteers calling the florist fitting in one more visit calling while I’m driving (hands-free, of course) and hoping I don’t forget something important. My professors in seminary never warned me… Read More
Friday Prayer: Just a breath
O Holy One, I see you in the season’s turning. The length of days, the migrating flocks, the tasks in my garden, the rhythm of the Church year. In the whirlwind, I get distracted. My intentions float away like the blossoms loosened from the tree. But just a breath, and once again I see your… Read More
Friday Prayer: Longings
Creator God, Like the hungry fox staring at the empty bird feeder I long for things that will not satisfy my hunger for you. Remind me when I yearn for the lost chances, the broken dreams, the end of a road, that you are still there, And I can be fully satisfied by the bounty… Read More
Friday Prayer: Glow
Holy One, Sometimes we see through the bare branches to your beauty and majesty reflected in nature. And sometimes we lose sight of your mighty forest because of the trees. Focus our hearts on the waiting world: who wars and does not make peace, who cries out and does not hear your answers, who looks… Read More
Friday Prayer: Be Still
“Be still,” You say, as a thousand questions come to mind, and my prayer time is jumbled and lost in a sea of worry. “And know,” You remind me, as I question my motives, and feel doubts creep up and rock my boat. “I AM,” You whisper, when my memories of yesterdays and uncertain tomorrows… Read More
Friday Prayer: Listening
Oh God, it is so… Quiet. Muffled. Blanketed. Chilled. I feel the doubts rise in my inactivity, My waiting for that next space of Calling. Underneath it all, I strain to hear the whispers of Promise, The dreams of what might be, The memories of a more active and fruitful time. Holy One, Nurture the… Read More
Friday Prayer: Emmanuel
This heart-shaped cloud caught my attention and made me stop in wonder. It moved ahead of me down the highway, carried on winds I couldn’t see. I marveled at the Divine Reminder of The Cloud of the Presence… God-With-Us… Always. Breath of Heaven, Bread of Heaven, Child of the Promise, Ruler of the Nations, We… Read More
Friday Prayer: Walking
Holy One, These last few days of Advent could be frantic, a furious sprint to Christmas Eve: the lists, the rehearsals, the sermons, the last-minute shopping, the wrapping of presents, and mailing cards. We push. We fret. We lose the wonder and joy of the season. So in the midst of it all, may we… Read More
