God of the broken broken by shame hidden deep and ignored for years which nonetheless affected everything turned joy to skepticism turned hope to caution turned love to fear turned anger to depression turned abuse to self blame blame. God of the broken break open now the lies and myths that have kept me silent,… Read More
Monday Prayer: pilgrim’s heart
This day I give thanks for the pilgrim’s way. For cobblestone streets that connect me to the footsteps of others: those who pray to walk, those for whom each step bears pain, those whose strides are punctuated by cadences of joy. For ancient churches with crumbling stone or plaster walls that hold the prayers of… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Send Word
Tell the stars to send word, O Creator,of your faithfulness to every generation,of your trustworthiness through the long night of injustice.Tell the children to send word, O Love,of your accompaniment in places of exile,of your blessed increase even in the presence of enemies.Tell the prophets to send word, O Hope,of your oasis in the desert… Read More
Friday Prayer: Waiting
Holy One, There’s nothing I hate more than waiting… Waiting for news. Waiting for answers. Waiting for direction. Waiting for change. Waiting for a result. Waiting for a birth (or a death). I seek your guidance. I pray. I listen to wisdom. There’s not a “yes”… There’s not a “no”… There’s not even a gentle… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for laughter
For the gift of laughter: we give you joyful thanks and praise. For the laughter of friends who remember the stories and listen with laughter all the same; who see the hilarious in the tribulations; who enlarge our worlds with their generous laughter: we give you joyful thanks and praise. For the laughter that makes… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
In this day and of this hour, There is finally a simple moment for me to pause…breathe… remember to pray. I know the whole pause and breathe thing is probably overused, but for me, it works. You are my very Breath. You are my very Life. You are my very Center. You are my very… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Gracious God, In a world that is simultaneously Expanding and contracting Help us to breath in a steady rhythm in and out that the expanding may helps us grow and the contracting will not make us smaller Help us to see You In and Out In all ways always. In the rising sun In the… Read More
Monday Prayer
Precious Holy… Life throws us curve balls when we least expect them And sometime we package it all up… “Leave it for now… I’ll come back to That Thing later” For all the Things that are tucked away in a box for later We Pray For all the times when we want to jump in… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Wormwood and Gall
God of our ancestors,the song we inheritedhas been starved in this famine of injustice;our tongues have driedfrom crying in this desert of hopelessness.Increase our faith!God of all creation,the grass will witherand we along with it, no matter our fretting;our breath will endlong before the mountain melts into the sea.Increase our faith!God of daily mercies,mustard seeds… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Through Changing Seasons
Holy God, Be with us as we carry others And ourselves Through the changing seasons. As we rejoice with those who rejoice And mourn with those who mourn, May we not get too disoriented in the process. As we move from scholarly tasks to social engagements To administrative details to difficult conversations, May we see… Read More
