Jun 17, 2018 | confession, prayer
God of all love and mercy, forgive us. We have failed one another — we have failed your image in each person and all creation. God of all love and mercy, surprise us. With mustard seeds, with wild dreams, with grace, replace our self-assurance with childlike...
Jan 21, 2018 | confession, prayer
Hear our prayer, O LORD: for the relief of the suffering, for the judgment of the malicious . . . and we are both, sometimes one more than the other, and most of all we are selfish and self-sufficing. Hear our prayer, O LORD, that you would have mercy on us as much as...
Dec 3, 2017 | Advent, confession, prayer
O Burning Fire, O Boiling Rage, in these days of sin there are none who dare whisper your name or draw close to the intensity of your righteousness. We have sworn to you our love but you have found us disloyal — too easily swayed by the passions of worldly...
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...
Mar 21, 2017 | confession, Lent
Easy enough to confess chariots when I have none. Easy enough to set aside pride in horses with no stables to fill. Easy enough to surrender financial confidence with a check sure to bounce. More difficult, I confess, to abandon measures of worth by capacity and...
Mar 15, 2017 | confession, grace, Lent, love, prayer, vocation
What example shall I be, O LORD, for the blessing of your name? If an example of grace, I might be tempted to idolize and (try to) enact a perfect persona. If an example of faith, I might fold doubt beneath my coat or tuck it into my pockets like cold hands in winter,...
