With two they covered their faces; Interrogate the ways we watch the world, O Holy Magnificence, for too often we hide the eyes of our hearts from the blaze of your love as it is at work on earth as in heaven; too often we watch with cynicism, judgment, and self-interest. Now cover our sinful… Read More
Friday Prayer: Be Still
“Be still,” You say, as a thousand questions come to mind, and my prayer time is jumbled and lost in a sea of worry. “And know,” You remind me, as I question my motives, and feel doubts creep up and rock my boat. “I AM,” You whisper, when my memories of yesterdays and uncertain tomorrows… Read More
Thursday Prayer
Holy One, There is nothing in my yearbooks to convict me of being the ignorant girl I once was, but let me not insist that I was better than I was or knew more than I did. Let me not rest easy in the knowledge of your forgiveness, or wallow in repentance so personal that… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Whoah, God, My head is swimming with notes and details and new beginnings and settling and everything else in between. Give me breath. Remind me, to rest in moments, to be all here now, and to let go when I need to just shelf things and listen to Mary Chapin Carpenter and Rhiannon Giddens while… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
I remember waiting for a bus- Clark Street in Chicago for over an hour, in bitter cold temperatures on my way to work. Always the expectation that the bus was just around the corner, would arrive soon. And, when it did, so crowded that I could barely squeeze on. I’d lean into the buildings, gathering… Read More
Monday Prayer
I have one request today, God of my being. Steady my steps through these hours of betwixt and between. The sun suggests warmth, but the snow stirs a tremble as I look out to the world beyond my own. A family is mourning the loss of a loved one while another celebrates a long-awaited birth.… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Unknown
There are so many things to say, O Spirit — delight and thanksgiving and frustration and rage and heartbreak and hope — yet no words are adequate to express it all. Listen with us in the fullness of silence, we pray. For all that we know, for all that is unknown, we pray your mercy.… Read More
Friday Prayer: Listening
Oh God, it is so… Quiet. Muffled. Blanketed. Chilled. I feel the doubts rise in my inactivity, My waiting for that next space of Calling. Underneath it all, I strain to hear the whispers of Promise, The dreams of what might be, The memories of a more active and fruitful time. Holy One, Nurture the… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Divine Winds of Peace- In this season of frigid gusts and sunless skies, our well-being is wafted away. We hold on to what we can for our own spiritual and emotional preservation. But some are barely surviving physically. From the lack of housing to the absence of heat and power, they wonder if survival is… Read More
A Sunday Prayer
I woke up this morning singing… “The steadfast Love of the Lord never ceases… God’s mercies are new everyday… They are new every morning, new every morning Great is thy faithfulness, O God Great is thy faithfulness.” The Steadfast Love (if you want to hear a version) O Steadfast One, O Merciful Love, O… Read More
