O God, we gather together mindful of your always presence The trees, the breeze, the sunshine, and even the passing cars remind us that all people are created in your image. We are here to re-member, to re-connect with you…
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Lenten Prayer During Pandemic
Divine Energy, We have been unsettled this year,And we don’t like it. Routines shattered routines,Keeping us from friends and family. Yet for most of us, Our privilege has kept us whole, While around us others have suffered. Deeply embedded racism, inadequate safety nets…
Posted in Prayers
In a Time of Pandemic & Insurrection
In this scary time of pandemic and insurrection, focus us on what we can do. When our neighbors are in need but we are unable to solve their problems, focus us on prayer, on love, and on doing what we…
Posted in Prayers
A Prayer When the Capitol is Stormed
God of Justice & Love, The images! The events! We are frightened! We are disturbed!How can this be happening here, O Lord? We believed we were better than this.We have degenerated from polarization to uncivil acts.How, O Lord, can this be…
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Before a Contentious Election
God of all peoples, We are filled with anxiety at the uncertainty. The shock and pain of the past inform our now. We yearn for peace, joy, hope, and compassion while worrying that power, greed, and disregard will carry the…
Groundedness & Restlessness
Oh Greatness Abundant! We gather together, one part of the whole people of earth.We claim you as ours, yet it is we who are yours. We are your beloved among beloved. Whatever our nationality, our skin tone, or orientation, or…
Morning Prayer
Creator of the mountains, the rivers, and the rolling hills, You reached down to the dust and molded us in your image. You breathed your divine breath into us. You made us to be in relationship with one another and…
Posted in Pastoral Prayer, Prayers
Releasing the Noise; Hoping Fully
Creating, Relating, Loving One: We come to this moment filled inside with the clutter of our week, the pressing-in of our worries, the excitement of our joys, and the loud thoughts of elsewhere. [SILENCE] As we feel the chair beneath…
Prayer Before a Congregational Meeting About Money
O Creating One, You took the chaos,forming the waters, land, and sky. You took the earth, held her in your hands,and populated it with animals of the sea, sky, and land. You created your people to love you,and one another…
Prayer for a Rough Week
Embracing Spirit, it’s been a rough week more shootings political discord polarization our hopes dashed and the death of loved ones it’s also been a hopeful week relationships & connections kindnesses shown & commitments to the stranger and the birth…
