O God, as we grow weary of masks, and distance, and not hugging the people we love, we meet up with our own lack of endurance, and start to understand the depth of your patience. O God, as we grow weary of the constant drumbeat of inequality, we meet up with our own fickle love… Read More
Friday Prayer
Holy God- Into your hands I commit the spirit of Ahmaud Arbery, that he may rest in peace and rise in power. Into your hands I commit the spirits of his family, his friends, his community, and all who knew him and loved him. Into your hands I commit the spirits of the people who… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Meanwhile, O God, the usual things keep happening. The woman is still sleeping at the bus stop, the angry partner still raising a violent hand, the exhausted parent still creating a routine for the child with autism. The man with broken shoes is still lifting the dumpster lid to look for food. the day laborer… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Healing God, boost our collective immune system, we pray, so that we might fight off thoughtless prejudice, self-centeredness, easy blame, and using old tropes to soothe new fears. Ramp up our spiritual immunity, and defend us from despair. Engage our emotional defenses, building strong hearts and healthy minds. Give us, we ask, antibodies to the… Read More
Friday Prayer
Out of the depths, I cry to you- The depths of my anxiety. The depths of my grief. The depths of my frustration. The depths of my pain. The depths of my fear. Out of the depths, I cry to you- For those who are exhausted. For those who are sick. For those who have… Read More
Friday Prayer: Take a Knee
Spirit of Intervention, I am begging you from my knees, With sighs and groans that only you hear, I scream, sob, rage. There are children missing. Children ripped from their parents. Citizens stripped of voice. People deafened from explosions. Women and others forced to submit their bodies to government control. Pride, like a lion, roars… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God who creates with a word, a Word that takes on life and breath, we know that words have power. Within them is the power to be your Word, or to be hateful, ugly, demeaning, to come to life as words that shatter and destroy. When words become bombs, or knives, or laws, bring your… Read More
