Feb 24, 2019 | images of God, prayer
Blessed be the Wind: racing, eroding, unsettling, compelling, and blessed are we that the Wind does not leave us alone. Blessed be the Flesh: grieving, straining, delighting, satisfying, and blessed are we that the Flesh reveals the fullness of life. Blessed be the...
Feb 17, 2019 | baptism, blessing, prayer
Blessed are you, O GOD, O Eternal Mercy, and woe to us who cannot welcome mercy in our hearts and in generosity to others. Blessed be the strangers who bear grace. Blessed are you, O GOD, O Delightful Joy, and woe to us who cannot dance & whirl without the highs...
Feb 11, 2019 | images of God, love
How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your hair is like goats along the hills; your teeth are like shorn ewes that have been washed; your lips are like a crimson thread—so lovely; your cheeks are like pomegranate halves. (Song of Songs 4:1-3) Sure, maybe...
Feb 10, 2019 | images of God, prayer
With two they covered their faces; Interrogate the ways we watch the world, O Holy Magnificence, for too often we hide the eyes of our hearts from the blaze of your love as it is at work on earth as in heaven; too often we watch with cynicism, judgment, and...
Feb 3, 2019 | confession, prayer, Spirit
There are so many things to say, O Spirit — delight and thanksgiving and frustration and rage and heartbreak and hope — yet no words are adequate to express it all. Listen with us in the fullness of silence, we pray. For all that we know, for all that is...