Blessed are the reconnections: the sharing of a conversation in the garden, the carefully-spaced worshippers all in a room together, the fully-vaccinated family members who can finally hug. Blessed are the reconnections: the “how are you doing?” text, the “thinking of you” note in the mail, the “I miss you” phone call. Blessed are the… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Is it right, O God, to be grateful for the bare minimum, for justice done once, when it has been abandoned so many other times? Can we give thanks for one day of something like justice, when there have been so many other empty days? We call out to you the name of George Floyd,… Read More
Worship Words – April 25, 2021
Whether you you working with the RCL texts or the NL, or marking Earth Day, here are some words you can use or adapt for worship or for your own meditation, here are some thanks to members of our RevGals community (and beyond). If you can please give credit in video descriptions or print versions,… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Scattered and broken
Oh Holy One, We are broken and scattered. Our hearts are crushed. We see the debris of lives before us, tossed about with indifference and violence. We see the carnage of prejudice and bigotry. We are grieving. We stare at the broken bodies, the tearful families, the aches that cannot be eased, the posturing and… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Alone
I was listening to a podcast, and the speaker asked who we would want to be with us if we were stranded on a desert island. My immediate answer was “Nobody. Just nobody.” Yesterday I said to a friend, “I love the work I do, if only I didn’t have to deal with people.” I… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
You are our shepherd, O God, and we call out for your tending, we long for your protection, seeking safety from the dangers that surround us. The wolves of racism, injustice, and economic insecurity, of stress, illness and pain are circling us, and within us. We shall not want…someday, yet today there is still so… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Gracious God, we give you thanks for all the blessings of this life –for family, friends, for home and food, and workfor the coming Spring, for warmer days aheadfor the gift of your son who leads us in this life. Loving God, we offer up these prayers of concern this day –for those struggling to rebuild livesfrom natural… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for those who are in pain
This is a prayer for those who are in pain today. This is a prayer that asks for a blessing on all who suffer today. May there be respite, may there be an easing, may there be comfort or consolation even as the nerves burn, the wounds throb, the joints ache. Even as the heart… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: For Those Who Didn’t Schedule This Sunday Off
Depending on your age, background, location, or a dozen other variables you may know the Second Sunday of Easter as Low Sunday or Holy Humor Sunday. For those of us who have regularly served as supply preachers, this is a day you can always count on for getting a gig. Whatever your story may be,… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: Doing Our Best to Breathe
I realized something as I watched the Derek Chauvin trial last week, while simultaneously preparing for Holy Week messages. George Floyd’s death had something in common with the death of Jesus Christ. First, both were executed by their government, or by select individuals acting on behalf of their government, anyway. Another similarity, which I could… Read More
