Great Physician,
hear our prayers for healers
who offer their gifts
unselfishly … Read More
Sunday Prayer: gather us in
Manna-provider,
we come to you hungry,
and you feed us with the Bread of Life,
thirsty … Read More
Sunday Prayer: Lord, have mercy
Loving Shepherd,
hear our prayers:
for the hurting and hungry
in need of healing,
Lord, have mercy … 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
11th Hour Preacher Party: Healing and More
There are healing and resurrection stories in both The Narrative Lectionary and the Revised Common Lectionary this week. In these stories, Jesus does not seem to have any method for deciding who gets his help. He responds to the servant of an official in the occupying Roman army, to the only son of a bereft… Read More
RCL: Healing
I don’t know about you, but when I read Mark 1:29-39 I immediately think of the multitudes of demons in my life, that I want Jesus to heal. Do you believe demons are real? Mark invites some real contemplation about where you stand on demons. Are they mental illness or bodily infections or disabilities or… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Spread the Word (Luke 7:1-17)
This week, millions of people around the globe are contending with COVID. Some are in hospitals on vents, and others are at home; some are desperately trying to recover, and others have mild symptoms. To the tremendous sorrow of friends and family, some of the sick will die, as millions of people around the globe… Read More
Sunday Prayer: silence our demons
Holy Exorcist, Deliverer, Healer,
we are amazed by your healing power!
With absolute authority,
you silence the spirits of evil within us …
around us … Read More
Sunday Prayer: in sinfulness and in reconciliation
Be present, Great Shepherd,
Reconciler, and Redeemer,
with the one who has gone astray
and cannot seem to find the way
home … Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God on this day, we invoke the spirit of our ancestor, the Apostle Mary Magdalene Grant us the audacity of Mary Magdalene to break gender roles and dismiss stereotypes Grant us the confidence of Mary Magdalene to step into spaces, work, and movements—sometimes uninvited, often unwanted, always unapologetic Grant us the courage of Mary Magdalene… Read More
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