Creation reminds us we are a part of something magnificent and awesome In this there is great responsibility and accountability To you, Creator To your people All your people All of creation May we take the time to listen to what creation is telling us today, God May we be present to her groans May… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Each day brings with it life and death Each day new opportunities to be had joining with memories of past joy experienced and pain felt Each day hoped for but never guaranteed Each day wholly Yours Each day holy ours Thank You, God, for this day May we be fully present to it And freely… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
The world dances with possibility The winds undress the trees The waters move and call The sun warms and renews Elections (almost) come to an end All the while you are watching over us, God As close to us as our beating hearts Loving us fiercely yet tenderly Inviting us to fully grow in our… 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
As we cry out for the end to violence all around us May we seek to address the violence within us As we demand justice from leaders and systems May we ensure that our actions are just As we declare love as the answser May we seek to ground our work and lives in love… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
It is a new day and I am trying hard to be glad in it The fight for justice continues and I am trying to stay in it The hurt is old and deep and I am trying to heal from it Love abounds but I don’t know how to trust it And in the… 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
Wednesday Prayer
In the stillness of the morning, before the rising of the sun, I seek the movement of your Holy Spirit Cover me Move me Stir up love Compel me to action Draw me closer To love To joy To possibility To justice To my siblings To the beauty around me Within me To You Back… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Today I am singing and rejoicing because— We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses Thank you, God! Now, please God, compel us to lean into this promise with hope and trust Compel… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Joy
Lead us to the water, O Spirit, calm in a pool or flowing in a river or pounding down a waterfall. Lead us to the water where we can bathe, splash, leap and laugh, rinse and relax, soak for hours, until violence is washed clean from our skin and defensiveness is eased from our tense… Read More
