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July 2016

July 29, 2016

On Living Wide Awake: A Prayer

Good and gracious God, Awaken us. May we see violence, oppression, hatred, hoarding, power, and...

July 20, 2016

On the Limitations of Words – A Prayer

Good and gracious God, Sometimes our words get in the way. Sometimes we allow our...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

May We Stop Creating God in Our Image [A Prayer]

Good and gracious God, We love you. But, the you we love is the you...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

A Prayer on the Divisions We’ve Created

Good and gracious God, Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

A Prayer of Awakening for the New Year

Good and gracious God, Awaken us. May this new year be the year we see...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

A Prayer for the 1st Sunday of Advent

Good and gracious God, It is never easy to wait... that may be why Advent...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

A Prayer on Peace

Good and gracious God, Life itself is a struggle between peace and violence. In the...

October 29, 2015

A Prayer on Letting Go of “Magical” Prayer

Good and gracious God, Not my will, but thy will. Letting go of prayer that...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

A Prayer of Remembrance on 9/11

Good and gracious God, Today we come before you with heavy hearts as we remember...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

A Prayer on the Event of Another Shooting in the US

Good and Gracious God, Yet again, our nation grieves. Yet again, a life has been...

May 2015

May 10, 2015

A Mother’s Day Prayer for Those Without a Mother

Good and gracious God, You know our hearts and you know that today some of...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

The Day I Couldn’t Pray: A True Story of Lament

It was graduation day. I was receiving my first college diploma. I was quite pleased...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

A Prayer for a Larger Perspective

Good and Gracious God, Doing “Thy” will is sometimes a more difficult task than we...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

God Will Not Determine the Outcome of the Super Bowl (I Hate That I Even Have To Write These Words)

Stop giving glory to God after athletic events. You are going to make the baby...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

A Prayer of Awakening for 2015

Good and gracious God, Awaken us. May 2015 be the year we see violence, oppression,...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

A Prayer For Election Day

In Proverbs, we are reminded that Wisdom is a thing in which you delight daily....

October 2014

October 19, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer — 10/19/2014

(A Prayer...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

A Prayer For Peace Amidst Violence

(A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious God, Life itself is a struggle between peace...

September 07, 2014

Prayer for a Nation of Division and Mixed Priorities

(A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious God, Somehow, in the U.S, we've arrived at...

August 2014

August 03, 2014

Sunday Prayer – 8/3/2014

Sunday Prayer - Based on Job (A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious God,...

July 2014

July 20, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer — 7/20/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Psalm 146 (A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious...

July 06, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer – 7/6/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Good and gracious Good, You...

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