photo by Terri Pilarski I wish I could capture the gentle morning light soft lavender and pink, caressing the green trees that hold a hint of fall, a little red and yellow I wish I could capture the peace of early light the song of birds waking and rabbits nibbling clover signs that life… Read More
Monday Prayer
In the space between two waves the silence of all that is holy lingers. It curls against the deep and salty intention of God, gathering the wisdom of the ancients, the broken and the mended hearts, and the hopes of generations to come. Blessed One, in the fluid dance that is your creation we rise… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Holy Mysteries
Bless the LORD, all people, and praise God’s infinite wisdom. We did not lay earth’s foundations and we did not set the breadth of the sky. We cannot call rain from the clouds or command the lightening to strike. But, O God, we have been stricken here between earth and sky, and we have been… Read More
Saturday Prayer – Prayer for Healing
Oh Christ the Healer, This is our prayer. Heal our broken bodies Heal our broken hearts Heal our broken world. And when the time for healing is past and gone or not yet come grant us strength and courage and the holy help of one another. Amen. Jennifer Garrison Brownell serves as pastor at Vancouver… Read More
Friday Prayer: suspense
Holy One, I’ve spent so much time waiting over these last few days. Waiting for news Waiting for test results Waiting for flights, trains and buses Waiting for checks in the mail Waiting for change Waiting for answers from you. I’ve learned That I am not good at waiting That answers come when it is… Read More
Thursday Prayer: holy disruptions
We praise you, O Holy Disrupter and Bringer of Beauty. We praise you, and thank you for the life you bring us. We praise you and thank you and ask that your Spirit might continue to disrupt and disturb our categories and order, our ideas about who and what belongs, our categorisation of beauty, that… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
In the midst of all my supplicating and lamenting and ascribing, I realize that I have forgotten to mention very much how much I need You, Holy One. I mean, it’s probably pretty obvious how much I need you, because You walk with me everyday, and I know it’s not always pretty. Still, I am… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Will God Come?
Photo by Terri C. Pilarski On a hot September night you found your way into the church, and knelt at the foot of the altar, below the cross. I came to you, laid my hand on your shoulder and asked what I could do to help. “I just want to pray”, you said. Later you… Read More
Monday Prayer
Holy One, From the depths, and the echoes of all that is within me, I gather the bits, the chunks, the gaps and the ether of who I am and release it to our embrace and embodiment. Receive my longing and hunger, O God. See my face, kiss my tears, wrap the tendrils of my… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Lament
Answer us, we dare pray, O God of our groaning. Reclaim what has been cast away, O God of our weariness. Seek out the pieces of our hearts, lest they be scattered by the wind. In your goodness, let there be a light to keep us company as we cry. In your mercy, let there… Read More
