Dear God- All time is contained in you. In my own understanding of time, I am baking a cake for a birthday party, preparing for a funeral, and grieving the daily news. In time beyond my understanding, magi from somewhere unknown are traveling to find a baby whose birth they perceived by observing a celestial… Read More
This still life: a prayer for New Year’s Day
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Psalm 8:3-4 On my desk, where I wrestle with your word, week in and week out, –year in today–… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
The morning light is dull the sky is gray land faded yellows Winter is here, but not really. The uncommonly warm temps in my part of the world disconcerting. This decade comes to an end. A decade of change and challenge A decade of hope and joy A decade that ends in a state I… Read More
Monday Prayer: on the verge
Tender heart, we pause in these days of in between; of releasing the world that forged the path on which we place our feet, and leaning into the hopes and blank canvases of tomorrow. Equip us with patience as we view the landscape and plot our course. Empower us with wisdom as we respond to… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Ramah
So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s lament fills our ears from a shul in Monsey, NY to spiked underpasses in London. So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s cries resound among the Uygur in Xinjiang, China and firefighters in Australia. So close… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Perfect Light
Bright and shining star Who guides us, And shows us the Perfect Light. We watch with thankfulness and hope, As you drive back the darkness Of doubt and fear. Renew our faith, Increase our vision, Restore our courage to stand against evil And injustice. Embody your Love in us today. Amen. Rev. Deborah Vaughn is… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Boxing Day
In the resting and regrouping, the breathing out and in, be with us still, God incarnate; in the family celebrations delayed, in the pj day and plates of leftovers, be with us still, God incarnate; as the candles are put away, the orders of service filed with annotations, in the reviewing and rejigging, be with… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: the eve of the incarnation
Gracious God, God of light, God of life, God of all that is You come to us in the darkness of the night and call us by name Give us, we pray the grace to hear you – the hope to see you – the love needed to mend a broken world. Help us to… Read More
Monday Prayer
We hear the sound of hooves finding purchase along the rocky path, an echo of our progress on the journey toward light. Carrying the expectant one, mindful of each jostling step, the way is steadied as the family presses on. Under the canopy of stars and anticipation, the darkness begins to yield to the grasp… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love
How is it that my Lord can love me from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven? How has it come to pass that I am the beloved of the Sovereign of angels, the Commander of the dawn? Yet there is the sun — a sign in the east — greeting me across… Read More
