It is pretty obvious we know how to create beauty You have gifted us with imagination, Holy Creator Its living evidence is all around us We can abide with creation, as part of creation You believe it, God and declared us all good Do we? Cuz we refuse to put down our guns or pass… Read More
Pride Prayer, Thursday
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
Saturday Prayer: Find beauty
Holy One, We long to find beauty. We have found a world full of ugly, A heart full of pain. Help us, Divine Wisdom. Help us look for beauty in the forgotten places, In quiet spaces, In expectant faces. And right under our feet. Shepherd, Guide us so that we do not miss your bold… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
In a world where beauty standards often render so many of us, your beloved, as ugly, Where racism, patriarchy, ableism, xenophobia, and homophobia would cause us to believe we don’t belong, And success means upward mobility and towering over the more vulnerable, Your creation reminds us that it is more than “okay” to be queer,… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
In the stillness of the morning, before the rising of the sun, I seek the movement of your Holy Spirit Cover me Move me Stir up love Compel me to action Draw me closer To love To joy To possibility To justice To my siblings To the beauty around me Within me To You Back… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: beautiful things
It’s that time again….time to write a sermon! Or, for some of us, time to get ready for holiday club, or to figure out how to incorporate the past week of children’s programming/vacation bible school into a Sunday service, not knowing how many might appear. Or perhaps it’s time to confront the powers of the… Read More
Saturday Prayer – Living Water
Living Water, Quench our parched hearts. Flow in and through and around us. Rock of Salvation, Be our firm foundation. Grant us confidence in your steady presence. Breath of Love, Guide us always in your way. Whirl now as you always have and always will. Amen. Jennifer Garrison Brownell serves as pastor at First… Read More
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