Aug 16, 2020 | blessing, joy, prayer
Sweet, sweet, sweet, O God, is the smoke that clouds the air with the prayers of the wayfarers and the downtrodden, with the songs of grief and hope, protest and sacrifice. Sweet, sweet, sweet, O God, is the oil that blesses the heads of the ancestors and pours down...
Aug 2, 2020 | blessing, faith, prayer
Let me behold your face, I prayed, but instead you met me in the dark and bent me into painful knots. Let me be relieved, I pleaded, and instead you laid a path among my adversaries. Let me prove my heart, I declared, but instead you withdrew to tend the song of...
Jun 14, 2020 | blessing, courage, justice, prayer, racism
Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the night has been long and cruel and our souls are not yet wrung dry from weeping. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the fires are raging on cultic altars built to sacrifice precious fruit to ravenous gods. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the day...
Oct 28, 2019 | blessing, prayer
Blessed are those who pray in the mountains, where the signs of heaven are clear, where the echoes of creation’s praise roll like thunder. Blessed are those who pray in the dark of night, when the promise of the sun is distant, when the LORD whispers secrets to...
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...
Sep 22, 2017 | blessing, prayer
In the evening, to know. In the morning, to see. In the evening, to delight. In the morning, to glorify. In the evening, to be released. In the morning, to rejoin. on Exodus 16:6-7
