Is it right, O God, to be grateful for the bare minimum, for justice done once, when it has been abandoned so many other times? Can we give thanks for one day of something like justice, when there have been so many other empty days? We call out to you the name of George Floyd,… Read More
Monday Prayer
Dear God, I don’t know if this is anything, or not. Your biggest fattest robin I’ve ever seen just tapped at my window. She did not fly against the glass by accident but tapped it with her beak. I didn’t imagine it, surely, God. She was dusted in your snow just like I was a… Read More
Sunday Psalm: Protest
The Righteous One has been vilified so that the white devil might slip away. Weep and shout, O Distrusted! Read More
Saturday Prayer: Scattered and broken
Oh Holy One, We are broken and scattered. Our hearts are crushed. We see the debris of lives before us, tossed about with indifference and violence. We see the carnage of prejudice and bigotry. We are grieving. We stare at the broken bodies, the tearful families, the aches that cannot be eased, the posturing and… Read More
Friday prayer: God around us, God in us
Why are we so slow to recognize you, God? Sure, you come in many guises, but you give us an awful lot of clues. Wherever there is beauty, there you are. However our bodies and souls are nourished, there you are. Whenever there is delight, there you are. Whomever offers us connection and belonging, there… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Alone
I was listening to a podcast, and the speaker asked who we would want to be with us if we were stranded on a desert island. My immediate answer was “Nobody. Just nobody.” Yesterday I said to a friend, “I love the work I do, if only I didn’t have to deal with people.” I… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
You are our shepherd, O God, and we call out for your tending, we long for your protection, seeking safety from the dangers that surround us. The wolves of racism, injustice, and economic insecurity, of stress, illness and pain are circling us, and within us. We shall not want…someday, yet today there is still so… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Gracious God, we give you thanks for all the blessings of this life –for family, friends, for home and food, and workfor the coming Spring, for warmer days aheadfor the gift of your son who leads us in this life. Loving God, we offer up these prayers of concern this day –for those struggling to rebuild livesfrom natural… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Heart and Soul
Here is my heart, O Holy Life: ancient with the dust of stars, new as the day I was born. Read More
Friday prayer: peace be with us
Risen Lord, too often the doors of my heart are locked tight for fear of the unfamiliar. I need to know some things before I invite anything, anyone, in. Who’s jiggling the handle? What do they want? How will I be changed if I peek through the crack in the door jamb? I’ve been hurt… Read More
