Jun 25, 2017 | discipleship, prayer
Go away from me, O God. You overpower my life and divide it ruthlessly: the chaff from the wheat, the longing from the glorifying, the entrenched from the freeing, the comfortable from the necessary. You melt my heart (like sap in the spring, like snow in the winter)...
Jun 18, 2017 | confession, justice, prayer
God all mighty, this is my sister carrying the world on her shoulders, praying for a resting space, a safe & joyous place. God all gracious, this is my brother standing ever in the line of fire, praying for a loving space, a hopeful & encouraging place. God...
Jun 17, 2017 | Jesus, racism, theodicy
I cannot sit at your clean white feet waiting for the blue skies of eternity while there is white-induced hell on earth. I cannot pray to your sweet white face or repeat your white savior fairytales that twist hope with capitalism and manifest destiny. I cannot preach...
Jun 11, 2017 | images of God, prayer
Dependent upon the grace of Christ, certain of the love of God, committed to fellowship by the Spirit, we are bold in prayer for Your sake (and for ours). Hear, O God, the groan of creation and hear also its song. Make our lives busy with the work of...