Holy Parent and Source of all Life-Giving Revelation- I know that there are scales on my place of perception. For we all “see” and “hear” and “understand” differently. And, thus, in the rooted location where I receive informationand respond in accordance with your Love,There are scales. Where I am unable to perceive my own privilege,Let… Read More
Friday Prayer
Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. -Jeremiah 17:5-6 Oh Source… Read More
Friday Prayer: Watching
Holy One, The space between heaven and earth Slips open tonight And we look up to watch for The Star of Bethlehem In wonder… In hope…. Waiting for the Promise Of Peace on earth, And good will on whom Your favor rests… Shine in us, Holy One, For your Creation’s sake. So may it be…… Read More
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Holy Holder of All Time- There exists in my mind a loop of the Stupid thing I said that one time, Without thinking it through, And it wasn’t the worst thing, But it definitely wasn’t the best thingAnd it won’t go away. And I can’t forget the thing That I knew I should have doneAnd… Read More
Friday Prayer
It is not that I don’t think I’m enoughOr even that I am overwhelmed by imposter syndrome, But more that I am entirely enoughFor a different set of circumstances. Enough for a time and place In which there is calmness and peaceAnd a little less emotional and situational firehose. Enough for a time and place… Read More
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Holy Provider, Sometimes it is not enough to open a window, When a door has been closed. Some of us have experienced too many closed doors-Closed by the forces that oppose the Divine will of LoveClosed by people with racist, patriarchal, colonist, X-phobic tendencies, Closed by people who are complicit with the above, intentionally and… Read More
Friday Prayer
God of all creation, We humbly ask for your intervention in Have mercy on all who Pour out your healing on We praise your justice and ask for We sigh in our grief over To whom can we turn Seeking your wholeness, we pray for Kyrie eleison … … FIX IT. Amen. The Reverend Julia… Read More
Friday Prayer
I breathe, Dropping my shoulders down and relaxing my jaw. I breathe, Rolling my head from side to side and shaking out my joints. I breathe, Tightening and releasing muscles. I breathe, Acknowledging my thoughts and feelings and remembering they don’t define me. I breathe, Leaning back to find support in your everlasting arms. Amen. … Read More
Friday Prayer
Look, I am truly out of nice words and my ability to craft a lovely phrase flew out the window somewhere with my 900th sigh about unvaccinated people and the call for a third funeral in 15 days. I believe that You are here and at work and that I am surrounded by grace and… Read More
Friday Prayer
Eternal Love- We appeal to you on behalf of persons, places, and situations that have not made the headlines. We ask for your mercy to pour out continuously for good in these circumstances. We ask that your presence be felt and known in clear and tangible ways. This is more than a plea for the… Read More
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