Tender God, the world makes us weep, and so we can only imagine that you weep, too, seeing your people burned, forced from home, battered by wind and storm, and shaken by earthquakes. We bring our tears to mix with yours, praying for your great care to touch the injured, the grieving, the newly homeless.… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Tender God, we lift toward you the makeshift family of all those joined together by shared suffering. Look with mercy, we beg you, on your people displaced by ethnic cleansing, carrying their belongings on weary backs, on those cleaning up after earthquakes and storms, looking at the wreck of their homes, searching through rubble for… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Creating God, we delight in knowing that we all are made in your image, with all of our skin colors and cultures, the diversity of our lives and the limits of our labels, but can it be that the wise and the silly alike are crafted in your image? The cranky along with the serene?… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
You drew the boundary that stopped the sea, Mighty God, and so we seek your border-drawing wisdom this day. Let each “yes” we say be filled with joyful anticipation and each “no” we speak be filled with clarity. May we, made in your image, draw boundaries that nurture health, give space, protect the weak and… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Infinite God, this day you gave us will claim us in bits and nibbles, in the buzz of a new text, in beeping phones and shiny screens. A little solitaire while we wait for a friend, a quick order, a bite of the latest news. and the day fills. Help us, we pray, to claim… Read More
