From the bathtub, an eight-year-old voice can be heard. “Mom?”“Mom!”“Mommy!”“PASTOR HEIDI!”“Yes, what is it?”“Can you hear me?”“Yes, what do you need?”“Can I ask you a favor?”“Yes, what is it that you want?”“Can you get me a towel?” It’s been twenty years, but I still remember the effort it took for my daughter to get my… Read More
Friday Prayer: Change in Plans
Holy One, When I dream of the perfect Christmas holiday but my life isn’t a TV movie, let me accept reality with humor and grace. Remind me when I over-plan and under-prepare that my work isn’t about perfection. And when my memories of Christmases past are changed because of pandemic realities, point me back to… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
I know some people don’t like hiking in the winter. It’s cold, sometimes damp, and there’s no wildflowers or foliage to look at. But we winter hikers know that when the leaves drop and the petals fall and the branches are bare, you can see all new things. Previously hidden vistas and whole new perspectives… Read More
Monday Prayer
Before our Zoom screens, we sat and wept when we remembered the Before Times.There on our ring lights, we hung our scripts,And there our parishioners asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs unmasked; they said, “This isn’t real and you are causing suffering for no reason!” How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a pandemic of illness, of… Read More
An Advent Prayer for the World Weary
Here’s a Prayer for anyone who is going into Advent Tired Weary of almost two years of pandemicking Two years of pastoring or preaching or caring or writing prayers for people who are ill, or caretaking, or trying to find a bed in the hospital, or a spot for surgery. Here’s a prayer for a… Read More
Friday Prayer: Leaving
Holy One, This Advent season is full of rehearsals, planning, writing, and logistics. We worry about whether to open up our buildings, or stay closed because of the global pandemic. We feel the pressure to make things “the way they used to be” when we have seen so many deaths… We see the empty seats… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God of light in the shadows, one little candle this week doesn’t seem like enough. This candle named Hope has to burn so brightly, and for so long, lighting the way from our turmoil to God’s peace, from our sorrow to Christ’s joy, from our fears to the Spirit’s grace. And yet behind that little… Read More
Sunday Prayer: bring redemption
Son of Man,
come.
Come in a blaze of glory!
Come in power and … Read More
Saturday Prayer, November 27th – Preparing
Holy One, for weeks nowthe stores have been hawkingChristmas thingsand the television has been advertisingholiday specialsand persuading children thatthey really really really wantthis, that, or the other People have been bakingand houses are filled withtantalizing smellsWe are buying extra foodto accommodate the appetiteswhich seem to be biggerat the time of the year The argument continuesabout… Read More
A Prayer for When the Holidays Become too Busy
A Thursday Prayer for those embarking on a hectic holiday season Thursday Prayer: A Prayer for When the Holidays Become Overwhelming Dear God of All That Is Seen and Unseen, You are good and your love endures forever. We sing your praises because your faithfulness remains from generation to generation. (Ps 100). We give thanks… Read More
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