God, There’s so much to pray about Broken promises in the United States Supreme Court Babies getting vaccinations (Amen, Alleluia) wars, monkeypox, the rising inflation prices. God my brain is so full of prayers, I feel like I’m going to burst. So I think I’m just going to breathe… And pray God help us….(breathe in)… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
There is a thickness in the air Maybe it is the change in season Or the global memory of breath stolen Life stolen And, yet, so much still hasn’t changed There is a weariness in the air Maybe it is the dawn of the 15th month Or the anticipation of what is to come Will… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
The world dances with possibility The winds undress the trees The waters move and call The sun warms and renews Elections (almost) come to an end All the while you are watching over us, God As close to us as our beating hearts Loving us fiercely yet tenderly Inviting us to fully grow in our… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Creator, we feel it The atmosphere shifting The very air we breathe carries the remnant of dreams, hope, possibilities burned to ash and blown carelessly, recklessly by the wind It is contaminated, contagious, deadly The atmosphere is shifting Words of hate spilling out of mouths of leaders, filling the ears of the desolate, loud and… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Time to breathe Time to reflect Time to connect Time to expand Time to live For this time we give you thanks We offer our time, our hearts, our hands and our vision to you, God Have your way May it all be for a blessing Amen. Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pagán-Banks (she/her/hers/ella) is a queer… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Steady Ease
Breathing in: steady out of the miry bog, my feet set upon a rock… You are indeed my rock… Breathing out: ease Your yoke is easy, your burden light. (Scripture paraphrased from Psalms 40 and 31, Matthew 11) Jemma Allen is a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and… Read More
Thursday Prayer
God, I am tired. I have been on the run all week, and am holding my breath for the next emergency to walk through the door. I am holding my breath, and the tension is pooling in the back of my neck, pulling my shoulders in too tight. Remind me to breathe. To draw in… Read More
Saturday Prayer
Saturday Sabado Sabbath It should be But Dear God, When else would those committee meetings happen? The shopping get done? The chores untouched during the week? Those final worship tasks and sermon tweaks? Saturday Sabado Sabbath Is it okay God, if for some of us it is not “a day”? But, perhaps Sabbath is found… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God of Breath Remind us to breathe as we move from one season to the next. Some holy and some just wholly exhausting. God of Breath Remind us to breathe as we listen to news that is too often not good. Cause us to hear with hearts determined to beat to the call of love… Read More
Saturday Prayer – Christmas Eve Eve
Hey God, Somewhere I heard that everything is a prayer. If that is true, can this list be my prayer today? Grocery store run. Check. Put tree up. Check. Shovel walk. Check. Hospital visits. Check. Walk dogs. Check. Sermons one, two, three. More or less check. Wrap presents. About half check. Prepare the complicated… Read More
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