Mar 5, 2017 | confession, Lent, prayer
I have loved too little and too late. I have disengaged too easily and too coolly. I have endured too fearfully and too immutably. I have cherished too sparingly and too lightly. I have waited too patiently, too tolerantly. I have remembered too selectively and too...
Feb 26, 2017 | confession, Jesus, prayer
I’m not so sure (when it comes right down to it) that I really want to see You as You are full of glory and might. Just as I shy away from seeing me as I really am and as I could be. Cover Yourself with a cloud, O Christ, so that I can’t see You fully,...
Feb 12, 2017 | confession, prayer
At your command, O God, heaven and earth bear witness: We sing of love but romance death. We reap in faith but sow distrust We pray for peace but cherish gossip. By your grace we would follow heaven and earth’s witness: Saying “no” to evil, to spite,...
Nov 27, 2016 | Advent, confession, prayer
God of mercy I confess a hope that is complacent — longing not living, built on a wish not on work. Make of these half-hearted dreams full-bodied reflections of your goodness, I pray. Amen.
Nov 4, 2016 | confession, Epiphany, prayer
I was thinking that if I lean back into your arms then I might have the best view of the stars in all their brilliance and glory. By the light of their gaze I might find peace illuminated… might and maybe and if. But I don’t easily lean or rest, so I miss...
Oct 23, 2016 | confession, prayer
You are Sovereign, You are God: we confess it and give thanks. The rains water the earth; The seasons turn faithfully; The trees sing your praises and the oceans your mystery. You are Sovereign, You are God: we confess it and give thanks. The Spirit stirs and...
