Divine Creator, who aligns my body, mind, and soul, My heart is racing right now. Palpitations have emerged victorious. Anxiety is my companion since childhood. As life progressed it has invited itself without permission. It has made me overthink, over-care, overwork. And sometimes baby steps have been the only way to move forward in life.… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God, every moment of this day is claimed. The spaces between meetings have been filled with movement. Rest seems like miles from me. Energize me. Keep the breezes of drowsiness away until this evening when I will need to sleep. Grant me focus. Relieve me from any anxiety that comes my way. Amen. ***** The… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God whose love stretches from seas to shining seas- And beyond, Many of us have a complicated relationship with this particular holiday. Those of us observing July 4 See the reds and whites and blues surrounding us. We cherish those who serve our country And those who have died defending it. We look forward to… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Encourage me to listen to the voices all over the world
as they cry from hunger, or pain, or torture. Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Speed things along, God, so that we see the dry lands once again-
Or give us ample patience. Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Sit
Image by Colin Brough on rgbstock.com “We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible.” —THOMAS MERTON,… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: What words?
Image “Victim” by Dez Pain from rgbstock.com Oh, friend, what words can there be? another murder in the U.S. and we try and try and try to push back to remake our world to be Your people in a world that makes no sense sometimes we just have to sit right down and cry. Sit with… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: To Pray
Dear Friend, If I understand it correctly, at a bare minimum, my job is to pray. I have to pray for those I love, those I know tenderly, the names I call out in worship: the ones whose health and joy are mine to hold. I have also to pray for those I do not love.… Read More
Learning
Dear Friend, I want to know better. I want to do better. Help me. Amen
Your Days on This Earth
My dear Friend, We are just children, no matter how big and important we try to be And we are weeping children, looking for comfort. We look at the world, lives demolished by every sort of violence (we are fearful children, we try to strike back at the other) I ask you today for a… Read More
