This prayer is for the hurting kids, Loving God. The ones who never got the care they needed; the ones who cower under blankets, because the broken love of this world feels like utter chaos. These are the kids who never got the stability, attachment, and consistency to gain the courage it takes to love.… Read More
Sunday Prayer, Seeing Christ May 15, 2022
In the church member who sits alone in the back pew crying silently, May I see the face of Christ. In the stranger who looks lost in my closed and gated community, May I see the face of Christ. In the child who knocks at my door asking me to play when I assume I… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
For small wins in a time of deep struggle For babies born in a world addicted to death For warm spirits in a cold society For elder wisdom amidst the chaos For ancestral guides leading us to liberation For love undeserving yet steadfast We say thank you, God Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! *********… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
I see you in the fallen leaves, the vivid colors I see you in the shadows, their soft embrace Even in the textured ground, you are there Forgive me for not seeing you in my neighbor Forgive me for not acknowledging you in me Forgive me, God of grace If granted tomorrow, may I love… Read More
Friday prayer: God is love
We love you because you first loved us because you knit us together, just as we are because you gave us the care of this awe-inspiring world because you keep your arms open to us, no matter what we do because you look for us when we get lost because you subjected your son to… Read More
Friday prayer: faith is
Faith is not a checklist that can be completed It is not an accumulation of gold stars that we can affix to a chart It is not intensive study so that we can pass a test It is a relationship in which we share out of our abundance love with abandon see others with the… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Loving God, I honor you by saying, “I am enough.” I honor this life by knowing today, I did enough. I affirm your work in me and through me, Oh God. Thank you for standing in the gap where I lack while calling out my gifts and giving me the courage to use them. Trusting… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
For rain where it was needed today, thank you, God For the calming of waters and winds in places that need relief, thank you, God For beauty in times of horrific ugliness and hate, thank you, God For love that refuses to be destroyed, distorted, legislated, commodified, or controlled, thank you, God For another day…another… Read More
Sunday Prayer: draw the welcome circle wider
Resurrecting God,
open our minds.
Grant us understanding,
that grasping the wonder
of your extravagant grace … Read More
Sunday Prayer: every minute of every day
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