For the courage to hear your call, O Lord. For the strength to listen, and wait, and ask questions, and (yes, really) be changed. By you. For the commitment to all that change to move me to action. To scream and shout and rage and dance. To listen and rest and dream and wonder. To… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God, today is World Emoji Day 😀, and it may seem silly 🤡 to share the concerns 😳🤔😮 of our hearts 💕 in this new system of communications, but here is my prayer. 🙏🏼 God of steadfast love ❤, our hearts 💚💙💛❤️💜 are 💔 when hearing of world 🌍 events. Our leaders 👨🏽⚖️👩🏻⚖️seem to be… Read More
Saturday Prayer
For the twelve Thai boys and their coach rescued from the depths of the cave; for cave divers, engineers, medical personnel—all 10,000 people who participated in the rescue; for their fathers and mothers holding their sons in their arms today– Gracious God, we give you thanks. For the thousands of children separated from their parents… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit
Veni sancte spiritus. Come, Holy Spirit, breath of life. Come in the luke-warm breeze that cuts through the humid heat. Come in the sun-infused waves licking our ankels and the cool sand my toes find below the burning surface. Veni sancte spiritus. Come through the hard and holy remembrances of those who have been driven… Read More
Thursday Prayer: By grace
Sustain me, O God, this day by your grace, and remind me (again, as you so graciously do), that self-reliance is not a Gospel virtue. Amen Jemma Allen is a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. She works as a counsellor and spiritual director in private practice. RevGalBlogPals… Read More
Friday Prayer: Strength for today
Gracious and loving One, The images of crying children are seared in our minds. The frightened and shell-shocked parents make our hearts ache. The cold and cruel analytical border officials fill our minds with rage. Lord, give us strength for today, that we might be tender-hearted but ready to respond. Lord, give us strength for… Read More
The Pastoral is Political
The road signs are blooming in our neck of the woods. Early voting has begun for the primaries which will decide who we vote for in the fall general elections. It’s been an interesting process. For the first time, both of our young adult progeny are informed voters. They are seriously evaluating candidates’ literature. Their interest… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love & Mercy
God of all love and mercy, forgive us. We have failed one another — we have failed your image in each person and all creation. God of all love and mercy, surprise us. With mustard seeds, with wild dreams, with grace, replace our self-assurance with childlike wonder. God of all love and mercy, restore us.… Read More
Friday Prayer: Persist
Oh Holy One, As we persist we find the strength to grow despite the pain despite the worry and as one day rolls into the next, we can look back and see your faithfulness, your strength in our weakness, your love in the hardest places, and your promises new every morning. Surprise us again with… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Being present
As the day begins with all that lies ahead of me you, O God, are present. Help me also to be present. In morning routines, or morning chaos, you, O God, are present. Help me also to be present. In difficult conversations, in comforting words, you, O God, are present. Help me also to be… Read More
