Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Psalm 84:3 Holy One, We have so many doubts. You made us to fly, but we doubt our wings. You gave us a song, but… Read More
Friday Prayer: The Peace of Christ
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” John 14:27 Perhaps this grieving is your peace. Perhaps this questioning This uncertainty This shaking of foundations Is the peace… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Things are the same, Lord, but oh, so different! You send us to proclaim your Word, though we now navigate a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party of Zoom and Facebook and camera angles and lighting to make it happen. You call us to love our neighbor, though we share that love through masks and sanitizer and… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
O God, as we grow weary of masks, and distance, and not hugging the people we love, we meet up with our own lack of endurance, and start to understand the depth of your patience. O God, as we grow weary of the constant drumbeat of inequality, we meet up with our own fickle love… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Bound by what?
Where are you in your worship prep this week? Many of us are having to be ready to record services much earlier in the week because we can’t yet gather in person for worship. This week’s RCL Lectionary passages offer us the binding of Isaac, a prophet of peace, a covering of grace and a… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political
The perfect storm Usually, a period of calm follows a storm. And often we see a rainbow in the sky. From an early age, children are told in church that the rainbow represents a sign of God’s promise to us. We often spare children the harsh bits of the story of Noah and the Ark… Read More
worship words for 28 June: bound
Looking for liturgical language that suits this moment in our world — a world of pandemic, uprising against individual and systemic racism, virtual gathering, and so much more? Here we offer some…feel free to use as is, to adapt, or to use for inspiration for your own. If you use these in written materials, please… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Unite us in prayer…
Written: “to unite us in common prayer and revive us for common mission” during this crisis. In the spirit of Pentecost, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and his Lutheran counterpart, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, invite congregations to pray this from Pentecost through the first Sunday in September. In addition to expressing a shared desire for renewal… Read More
RCL: Sharing a Cup
It’s not often that as the lectionary cycles around, I end up writing on the same passages I wrote on three years ago. Or maybe it is more often than I realize and these texts just stand out more than some others. Either way, I’ve written on these passages before and you can see what… Read More
Monday Prayer: awakening
Heart of hearts, each day brings forth an awakening. Your creation bursts with the enthusiasm of new life and potential, drawing us into the depth of beauty, mystery, and awe. Your justice cracks the hardened shell of whitewashed history, releasing the hidden truth of untold stories. Your love encourages tender hearts to take risks where… Read More
