Divine Illustrator- You painted the scenery and called it good- And yet, we abhor it. The night soulless sky void of life and light smothers us As we await for the flickers of dawn to appear. The morning’s arrival greets us with a forlorn gaze And a stupor brought on by the cloud’s authoritarian tenure.… Read More
Monday Prayer
Precious Holy, The sight of the tree, acting as host to the vine The knowledge of Holy Design, which gives life to the other The hope of two, entwined, supporting, nourishing, Showing us potential… Precious One, when we seek each other seek to know more seek to learn from each other’s experiences, may we be… Read More
Sunday Prayer
Holy One, In water splashed, in bread broken, your Mystery is so much more than we can ask or imagine. In kindness given, in help offered, in stories shared, in beginnings and endings, and goodbyes, your Mystery is so much more than we can ask or imagine. When we seek to live with more integrity,… Read More
Thursday Prayer
Lord, What could we do, say, be, share, offer, if only we knew, Like, really and truly knew, In our being and our breath, deep in our hurt places, scars and still-bleeding open wounds, if even in our mess, we absolutely and completely knew, and believed, we are your beloveds. We are loved. And with… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Bright Star Lead us to love Lead us to promise Lead us to justice Lead us to hope Lead us to joy Love enfleshed Promise realized Justice unfettered Hope boundless Joy divine Bright Star Lead us through the wondrous dark night of possibility, liberation and radical Be-ing all that you have dreamed for us. We… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God of all spaces, all boundaries, all borders: We look upon the lands that are yours. Many of our ancestors inappropriately deemed the territories theirs, forgetting that you built this world yourself and purposefully neglecting that others lived on the land. They’ve captured creation, hoarded it for their own self-interest, and excluded or oppressed many… Read More
Sunday Prayer
O Star of Wonder, O Star of Promise, O Star of Another Way, May we brave enough to follow you. May we dig deep within our souls and gird ourselves with sass and grit and humour to look up into the skies, and travel the journey you are pointing us toward. And when we make… Read More
Saturday Prayer: New Year, Rough Start
Holy God, Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and the End, Creator of Time and Eternity: It’s the first Saturday of the new year And things aren’t going according to plan. OK, that’s not exactly true. Things aren’t going according to the plan I would have made, If I had taken the time to make a… Read More
Friday Prayer: By the Bedside
Jesus- The written Word tells us that you wept over the death of your friend Lazarus. It also tells us that you waited until he died before you came to the side of his sisters. I have mixed feelings as to whether your actions were compassionate. A resurrected brother is not the same as not… Read More
Thursday Prayer
God, I don’t want to be afraid. I don’t want to be scared or worried or so power hungry that brilliance is a threat to me. I don’t want to manipulate or scheme or sneak around or plan attacks. I don’t want to be so afraid that I lash out. So, Help me. Help me… Read More
