God, In the midst of days when pastors are preaching deathto queer people–and u-hauls full of militia threaten Pride celebrations. I give thanksfor this one moment.Because, as I captioned on IntstagramedSometimes, things are perfectAnd on a 70 degree dayIn the midst of friendswith little corporate interferenceand almost no capitalism Friends and families gave out candyand… Read More
Pray for us, Holy God. The ones who continue to be overlooked for the handsome, charismatic man who has bypassed the ordination process, but still gets handed the pulpit. Pray for us, when we are told that the young, white, guitar playing Flip-flop wearing guy needs to be the “face” of the ministry While our… Read More
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Holy One, You created a beautiful world for us. We make it a rough place to grow. We are inhospitable to one another. We seem to agree on very little. We fight over definitions and Calling. We hold up impossible standards in preaching and worship. FORGIVE US. We ignore the weeds of sin that creep… Read More
Hey God, I hope you had a chance to whisper in my sister’s ear How beloved she is, as she is tired of only reading books to her child over and over, and over and over again. and I hope you wrapped your arms around my brother, whose birthday it is. And that you reassured… Read More
PRAYING WITH THIS HERE FLESH (NOTE: My women’s bible study just finished the book This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley. At the end of the final session, I asked all the participants to reflect on this important book. This prayer is a collection of the thoughts that they had gathered as to their “learning”… Read More
Wild, free Spirit, what did you do the day after Pentecost? Did you curl up and rest? Did the wind still? Or did you take it easy, sending small breaths of peace out into the world? Or, were you blowing somewhere else, unnoticed? Did someone miss their own Pentecost? On this day, Mothering Spirit, we… Read More
Holy One, In a moment of spent blossoms and memories of yesterday, remind us that You are the God of all time. All of our pasts, all of our futures, all of our present lives are in Your hands. Where we have doubts, hold anger against our neighbors, and act in our own self-interests, convict… Read More
Jesus, we confess that we are full of anxiety and worry about the lack of peace in the world. You promise peace that is beyond understanding, and we confess that yes! we do not yet understand your peace. How can we grasp some of it. Help us to not just pray for peace but to… Read More
God who spins the planet, turning one month into the next, we come to you in awe, and hope, and slight worry, wondering what this month, and this day, and this hour will hold. As this new month begins, we pray for the war-weary and those in danger, for the grieving and those in pain,… Read More
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