If I have not love, Lord, I am a dry and weary place where there is no water for my soul. If I have not love, Lord, I am a stormy sea with no safe harbor for the lost traveler. If I have not love, Lord, I am an angry siren in a world that… Read More
Tuesday Prayer – Solstice
God of the summer evenings and winter mornings- As the solstice fills our skies with more moonglow or more sunlight,May we remember the beauty of this day. May the light from your celestial bodies remind us of the light within our souls.May the rapidly-flowing year remind us of the scarcity of time. May this new… Read More
Monday Prayer: a Lament, for Many Reasons
A Lament, for Many Reasons Bittersweet prayers, Lord! Thinking of my dad, gone for 42 years. Thinking of cancer, and how it robs so many Of such love, caring, and companionship. Bittersweet prayers, dear Jesus! Thinking of dying patients and loving families, Thinking of hospice and good-byes and grief. Bittersweet prayers, sweet Spirit! Thinking of… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Lift Up Our Hearts
Lift up our hearts, Lord. Lift up our eyes to see your work around us. As day falls to night, help us close the chapters of our days and rest in you. Lift up our hearts, Lord. Lift up our hearts to see the best in those around us, to behold them as creatures of… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Sweet Spirit of Hopefulness, Too many stories of heartache fill our newsfeeds. Too many comments of negativity fill our airwaves and irritate our eardrums. Between the public world and our private lives, sorrow and anxieties rage. Where is your tranquility, Spirit of God? As the currents of life overtake us, may your winds encircle us… Read More
Monday Prayer
Monday Prayer: a prayer for dear seniors Dear Lord, thank You for dear seniors. Thank You for years of wisdom and time well spent. Thank You for frolic, foolishness and time well wasted. Help me to listen well when they reminisce, again. Help me have compassion when they cannot remember. Lead me to special conversations,… Read More
Saturday Prayer
Holy One, You created a beautiful world for us. We make it a rough place to grow. We are inhospitable to one another. We seem to agree on very little. We fight over definitions and Calling. We hold up impossible standards in preaching and worship. FORGIVE US. We ignore the weeds of sin that creep… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Divine Breath of Wellness, As our bodies ache of illnesses or our hurt from injuries, we seek your comforting presence. As our minds race from anxiety or tire from depression, we seek your care. Oh how we wish these bodies and minds of ours would be superhuman! And yet, in our vulnerability, we reach out… Read More
Saturday Prayer
Holy One, In a moment of spent blossoms and memories of yesterday, remind us that You are the God of all time. All of our pasts, all of our futures, all of our present lives are in Your hands. Where we have doubts, hold anger against our neighbors, and act in our own self-interests, convict… Read More
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