Friday Prayer

God who calls us to rest, to release Remind us what is ours and what is not Allow us to embrace the many lessons While acknowledging that for all things there is a season You call us to love one another as you have loved us This love does not cater but liberates This love… Read More

Wednesday Prayer

There is a thickness in the air Maybe it is the change in season Or the global memory of breath stolen Life stolen And, yet, so much still hasn’t changed There is a weariness in the air Maybe it is the dawn of the 15th month Or the anticipation of what is to come Will… Read More

RCL: Come, Holy Spirit!

Pentecost! The culmination of the Christian season of Easter, originally a Jewish festival, which is why the Jewish followers of Jesus were gathered together for this religious observance. Still recovering from their grief at the crucifixion, joy at the resurrection, and confusion at Jesus’ brief stay with them prior to the Ascension. Pentecost! That day… Read More

Friday prayer: don’t fear the naysayers

“By what power or by what name did you do this?” they said to Peter, not caring for his message, hearing in it the threat of imminent change. Yes, that Peter – one of Jesus’ twelve closest companions, the rock on which Christ declared he would build his church. If people argued with Peter, is… Read More

Narrative Lectionary: Rituals Then and Now (Luke 2: 21-38)

This week’s lectionary passage, saturated in ritual and tradition, invites us to consider the rituals of our own lives. Read More

Wednesday Prayer

As the seasons change we continue to wait, to hope, to imagine, to trust and to believe in you, Oh God We believe that there is a time for every season and we’re getting ready and we’re doing the work and we’re building the relationships and we’re refusing to move in a spirit of “business… Read More

Wednesday Prayer

Creator, we feel it The atmosphere shifting The very air we breathe carries the remnant of dreams, hope, possibilities burned to ash and blown carelessly, recklessly by the wind It is contaminated, contagious, deadly The atmosphere is shifting Words of hate spilling out of mouths of leaders, filling the ears of the desolate, loud and… Read More