Sovereign God,
in the midst of chaos, you are calm;
in the center of unrest, you are peace.
Quiet our spirits
and focus … Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – Why?
Proper 24, Year B: Job 38:1-7 (34-41), Hebrews 5: 10-10, Mark 10:35-45 Track one lectionary preachers are continuing the story of Job this week, after being left last week with Job’s lament. Job has spent the last 37 chapters asking why, defending himself as his friends pose theology after theology all ending in what Job… 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
Thursday Prayer: the blessings we wish for
Dear God Sometimes I wish you were in the business of giving the kind of blessings that would protect us from the vulnerability of being human. No more painful emotions, no more suffering, no more conflict, no more prejudice. I hear your promise of salvation, that there will be no more crying, no more death,… Read More
Sunday Prayer: have mercy
In dark cells
and pits of despair …
held captive by clanging chains
and by agonizing grief
and by debts that cannot possibly
be repaid … Read More
RCL: Turning Sorrow into Gladness
I don’t know about you, but it has been increasingly difficult to remain positive and hopeful amidst the political chaos that seems to have free reign over the U.S. (and other parts of the world for sure). People come and ask what it means to be Christian in the face of such chaos. The response… Read More
Friday Prayer: While I Wait
Lord, I don’t know what you want me to do, but I see people in pain- so I will tend their wounds while I wait for you. I don’t know what you want me to say, but I hear people grieving- so I will listen to their stories while I wait for you. … Read More
Wednesday Festival: more challenges, more grace.
It has been another rough week in the world. Violence, terrorism, political unrest. Hunger, disease, suffering. Situations in the world, in our nations, our denominations, our homes, our own bodies… And still we testify to the One who is gracious and merciful; longing for the day when justice and mercy kiss, and peace is… Read More