Oh Holy One, How quickly we forget that you brought us onto this planet as travelers on the same road, hungry ones in need of food, tired ones in need of rest. How quickly we turn on one another and question instead of believe, accuse instead of listen, attack instead of trust. We aim at… Read More
Friday Prayer: sowing our prayers
Oh Lord, The planning and planting, The yearning and dreaming, The unrealized hopes of last year All haunt us. We doubt ourselves, We wonder if we heard your voice, We name our failures, We stare down our accusers. But in this season Of setting buds and growing fruit, Of watering and fertilizing, Of tending and… Read More
Friday Prayer: Lamenting and Confessing
This week I was fortunate to be present for the A.C.T. Now! Anti-Racism Rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This prayer was born from my experience. When we do not see in one another the Imago Dei, we “other” them. May all who are Called be change agents for reconciliation and peace. Oh… Read More
Lenten walking
Lord, In my walking and sometimes stumbling on this journey through Lent, I hear your gentle voice reminding me… Child of my heart, Creation of my hand, Pastor of my flock, I am with you. I am there before you. I am listening to your heart of hearts. I AM. Yes. And Yes! Amen. Rev.… Read More
Shattered
I cried out to The Divine… “Another School shooting, Lord? Another massacre? We are Shattered. Broken. Destroyed. Our sense of security, Our mindless wandering from day to day Has been disrupted. We weep and rage, We cry out, “How long, Oh Lord?” And She says… “Until you rise up, Child of mine, And bring your… Read More
Friday Prayer: In the resting and the waiting
Oh Lord, You remind us to rest and wait upon you, but Lord, I am learning I am not very good at either of these things. So teach me, in my restlessness to see your quiet faithfulness, and to know your blessed peace. And show me, in my impatience, that you bring your word in… Read More
Friday Prayer:
I sat on a bench on a cold winter day, looking up at a brilliant winter sky, and a tree, stripped of its leaves, with the promise of Spring deep in its branches, swayed in the winter wind. This prayer bubbled up inside me… may it remind you of the faithfulness of God, that in… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: #SayHerName
Sunday morning my congregation read the text from Luke 2 about the naming of Jesus at his circumcision. A name given to Christ before conception. The “Name above all names” as Paul reminds us in Philippians 2. Our Savior’s name, one we say in moments of worship (or swearing), giving it high honor (or dishonor).… Read More
Friday Prayer
Holy One, There you are! Your beacon of love and grace, always above and around me, guiding, curbing, soothing, and refining. You know so well our self-absorbed ways, ignoring, wandering, spiteful, and prideful. And yet you love us still. As we turn the page into a new year, be with us, Immanuel, in new ways,… Read More
Friday Prayer: Almost but not yet
Holy One, we are in this time of almost but not yet. We tell of your promised return but not yet. Of the wearied hearts who wait and grieve and yet rejoice for it is that time for the Babe to be our King… and yet not quite yet. This Advent winds to a… Read More
