In the name of Christ,
the Messiah,
hear our prayers, O God!
Each and every minute
of each and every day
our faith is tested … Read More
Monday Prayer – Labor
Laboring God – we thank you for September clouds, autumnal light, cooler days, the great resounding chorus of your creation. Help us to hear your call – to labor with you in your eternal work, work that is grounded in love for your creatures. Send us and call us to all who need aid and… Read More
Sunday Prayer: longing for lasting substance
Teacher,
we looked for you
and could not find you.
We did not see where you went.
Our faith disappeared … Read More
Sunday Prayer: Bargaining
You have said to me, “Come,”but you have left me to wanderin search of your desired “where.” You have named me, “Blessed,”but you have been unrelentingwith every trial on my life. You have said to me, “Be still and know,”but you have covered the eyes of my heartso that I cannot understand your ways. You… Read More
Sunday Prayer: kin-dom hunters
Here we are, Lord.
We are kin-dom hunters,
searching high and low
for the treasure that is hidden … Read More
Narrative Lectionary: A Mystery Gift (1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57)
This scripture is particularly poignant in this pandemic time, when we’re confronting death in different, more demanding ways than we usually do. Some of us are overwhelmed with the number of deaths around us, and have lost people to death much too soon. All of our lives have changed in response to the lethality of… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
I feel like we are always asking for something when we pray, O God We have our lists…we need so much – especially right now… Healing… Justice… Transformation… Courage… Faith… Release… So instead of asking, today we come offering to you, Gracious God our renewed commitment to you our renewed commitment to humanity our renewed… Read More
Saturday Prayer
Holy One… May our prayers be to you as incense, wafting upward in reflection and devotion. We are reminded of your faithfulness in the roll of the seasons, the rhythm of life, the walk of sorrow and loss. Our tired hearts are lifted as we rest in your presence. Each moment reveals your kindness, your… Read More
Friday Festival: A last visit
Reading through the blogs in our RevGalBlogPals community is like visiting with friends. This week, we take a ride with Kim at Sandpiper’s Thoughts and adjust our Expectations. I was riding the elevator this afternoon. There are expectations about elevator protocol, aren’t there? Are you like me, and I suspect like many other people, who… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Masters & Mustard Seeds
Luke 17:5-10 I love how I block things. For example I had no idea that the beloved Mustard Seed text was juxtaposed so handily with a troubling text about slavery and masters. I’m sure the issue is my whiteness in a white context. In the United States, at least, we are too often tempted to… Read More
