Good and gracious God, We want a deeper faith. We want to know you more fully, but we are also sometimes worried to ask too many questions, to have it seem too much like we are uncertain. May we learn to hold on to a love that is so unquenchable it is willing to ask … Continue reading Asking Difficult Questions [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, Sometimes to be the people we feel called to be we must do things which can feel impossible. Most of us have doubts and questions and negative thoughts about ourselves at times. Sometimes it seems humanity is just wired that way. Pride and feeling important can feel like a needed counterbalance … Continue reading Letting Go of Self-importance [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, Rescue us from our self-importance. Pull us from the depths of our short-sighted selfishness. Remind us of the interconnectedness of life. Convict us with the reality that a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Inspire us toward lives lived out for others -- lives that persistently shout … Continue reading Bringing Justice [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, In a world where you can love your family and love your car, it can be difficult to truly understand the love we are called to practice. With so many ideas and understandings of love we provide ourselves with a buffet of choices for how to treat our neighbor and still … Continue reading Loving Others [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, Sometimes we get so caught up in planning the future and remembering the past that we miss opportunities in the here and now. Rather than focusing on the realities of now, we concentrate on skewed memories of what was or hopeful projections of what could be. Call us to each moment. … Continue reading Living in the Moment [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, Far too frequently we find ourselves taking on the moniker of Christian but not following through with the behavior which should accompany that name. We gossip about our neighbor. We dispense judgements against those who are different from us. We leap to negative conclusions about others when their behavior doesn't match … Continue reading Being a Follower [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, In a world where you can both LOVE your family and LOVE Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ice cream, it can be difficult to truly understand the love you call us to practice. With so many ideas and understandings of love we provide ourselves with a buffet of choices for how to … Continue reading Loving Abundantly [A Prayer]
Good and gracious God, We want a deeper faith. We want to know you more fully, but we are also sometimes worried to ask too many questions, to have it seem too much like we are uncertain. Let us hold up Thomas as an example, of a love that is so unquenchable it is … Continue reading Be Like Thomas [A Prayer of Questioning]
Good and gracious God, As people around the world gather to remember and celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, may we not forget to honor the life and teachings of Jesus. What he taught us, was what he would show us on Easter: That with Love, there are no endings. That with … Continue reading New Beginnings [An Easter Prayer]
Good and gracious God, We live in a world that swirls with violence. At times it seems that every news show and headline start with a story about hate, aggression or some show of force. It has become the water we swim in. It has become all too familiar. Even when we react with disdain … Continue reading Stop Violence [A Prayer]
