The Reverend Julia Seymour serves Big Timber Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Big Timber, MT. She blogs at lutheranjulia.blogspot.com and readsallthethings.com. She contributed to There’s A Woman in the Pulpit and is President of the board of RevGalBlogPals, Inc. RevGalBlogPals encourages you to share our blog posts via email or social media. We do not grant permission to cut-and-paste prayers… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
My heart continues to sting from losing my dad, peaceful God. My soul is not quite as vivacious, and the innocence I felt before his death has drifted away. Grief robs us of possibilities of the future. Grief fogs up the lens we use to see the world. Our universe is smaller and sadder. Pour… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for the listeners
We give you thanks O God, for those who listen: we pray for professional listeners for therapists and counsellors, who hear our stories, and those things we cannot bear to say; we pray for physicians who listen not only to our words but to our bodies to our heartbeat and to our breath, to the… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Bent Over
* * * Kyrie eleison, the weight of pain has worn me down these long years so much that I have lost my faith in sabbath rest and the hope of healing no longer visits my deepest dreams. Christe eleison, I have longed to lean back and feel the sun’s smile on my face, my… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Beloved
Let me sing for the Beloved, and let the Beloved sing for me: songs of delight and satisfaction, of discovery and renewal, of harmony and hope. Let me hum for the Beloved, and let the Beloved hum for me: lullabies of comfort and patience, of possibility and peace, of justice and love. Let me chant… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Encouragement
We thank you, O God, for encouragement: for friends who strengthen our hearts by showing up to cheer us on, for friends who send gifs and thumbs up who wish us well. We thank you that this encouragement builds us up, makes us braver, makes us stronger, draws us on. We thank you and praise… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Distant Promises
They died in faith without having received God’s promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. (Hebrews 11:13) What do we ask of you, O God, but faithfulness in presence and mercy from devouring powers? What do you ask of us, O God, but integrity in discipleship and compassion in community? How have… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Steady Ease
Breathing in: steady out of the miry bog, my feet set upon a rock… You are indeed my rock… Breathing out: ease Your yoke is easy, your burden light. (Scripture paraphrased from Psalms 40 and 31, Matthew 11) Jemma Allen is a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Psalm 107
O give thanks to the Holy One, whose reputation is goodness, whose love is steadfast and forever. From the depths of mourning, in anger and in tears we pray: O give thanks to the Holy One, whose reputation is goodness, whose love is steadfast and forever. From the wasteland of gun violence, in distress and… Read More
Friday Prayer: Under Construction
Holy One, I created a list, Did some research, Wrote the dates in my calendar, Outlined my strategies, And realized… I had forgotten to pray. All these dreams and plans… I now bring to you. Lord, Please take these plans… Refine them. Redirect them. Remind me of Your sacred purpose And keep me ever mindful… Read More
