In this dark hour, as the sun inches its way toward my horizon, I nestle in the stillness that forms the bud of this day. Bless the stillness. In this not-yet-formed week that holds promise, and yet is already limited by schedules and demands, I gear up for the free-for-all that will inevitably transpire. Bless… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God, on my commute today, in the worst traffic circle in the world, where drivers and pedestrians risk the lives of one another to get wherever they are going in the fastest way in bumper to bumper rush hour frenzy, a woman standing on the sliver of median held a cardboard box poster high that… Read More
Monday Prayer: step by step
God of infinite patience, mercy, blessing, love, tolerance, forgiveness, tenderness, and so much more; these have been grueling days. Our prayers are heavy with lament, and our bodies drag with the weight and fatigue of so much grief and concern. We want to lift our heads and our hearts to you with joy, to sing… Read More
Monday Prayer
The tears are hot and piercing, blessed one, and they threaten to overwhelm me with their volume. So many victims, so many vulnerable, so many… My words of intercession have yielded to an endless song of lament as the latest round of news clips peel pack another layer of the devastating brokenness that is our… Read More
Friday Prayer
Santo Dios, ten piedad de tus hijos en Puerto Rico. Rompa los corazones de aquellos que se interponen en el camino de la curación y la restauración. Agitar la convicción del Espíritu Santo dentro de los pechos de las personas que hablan de la deuda, mientras que fingir a la atención. Muestre bondad a aquellos… Read More
Friday Prayer: Bisexual Visibility Week
God whose nature is bigger than our imagination, We give you thanks for the gift of our friends and family who are bisexual. We thank you that your creativity is beyond binaries. Bisexual people, within your glorious creation, are witnesses to grace, mercy, and welcome in the entirety of their lives- vocations, avocations, and recreation.… Read More
Friday Prayer: What Do You Want?
Dear God- I am well aware of how you spoke to Job. I know the words of your Son. i have listened to your prophets and I have listened to those who have pimped the name of the Christ. All that being said, I’m still frustrated. I’m still crying. I’m still fist-shaking, gasping, head-scratching, foot-stomping,… Read More
Friday Prayer: Soften my Heart
Soften my heart, soften my heart. Give me words of compassion and gentleness. Relax my neck, relax my neck. Lead me to work of welcome and peacemaking. Soften my heart, soften my heart. Open me to deeds of courage and power. Relax my neck, relax my neck. Release me from the fear of failure and… Read More
meet-n-greet around the world!
One of the enduring features of RevGalBlogPals is that we are a community of writers–whether our blogs are updated once a month or every day, just sermons or knitting patterns or stories of our families or travels…there are over 300 bloggers in this community that originally formed from a handful of blogging friends who’d never… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: God Who Has Created and Is Creating. (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
This Sunday marks the beginning of Year 4 in the Narrative Lectionary cycle. Since the goal of the Narrative Lectionary is to carry the church through the scope of the Biblical Narrative between now and Pentecost Sunday it only makes sense that we (to quote a would-be nun named Maria) “start at the very beginning,… Read More
