Feb 13, 2015 | courage, faith, hope, justice, prayer
I pray a double portion of spirit and again another for the days are long and the nights drenched with tears too many mothers weeping too many men raging and spirit is needed to keep my ears open, my eyes unblinded, my heart broken A double portion I pray for the...
Nov 30, 2014 | Advent, discipleship, hope, news, prayer
Come, Lord Jesus. You who are the flesh of the Most High God, you whose name sets the mountains trembling, you before whom the heavenly host sing, come. You are desperately needed. Come, Lord Jesus. Show us what we cannot imagine: the full truth of our violence...
Apr 25, 2014 | Easter, hope, joy, poem, resurrection
Tell me a story of butterflies and daffodils of thin places and reassuring angels. Tell me a story of miracles and love of strolling through gardens with lions and lambs. Tell me a story of resurrection dawning of rains refreshing, of tombs bursting with life. Tell me...
Mar 21, 2014 | hope, Lent, scripture
My prayer is twisted and torn, like the tissue into which it is poured. I’ve replayed each failing again and over again in my mind, searching for a reason for grace. I’ve calculated each loss, even predicted the ones to come, reaching for a reason to hope....
Nov 24, 2013 | courage, hope, prayer
More than all things visible or invisible, beyond pressures and powers and politics, before all that has been and long after all that will be, you alone are God. Look favorably upon us, O LORD, as we come to you. Remember your reputation of goodness as we lift up the...
Nov 3, 2013 | hope, justice, prayer
In prayer, we brave the presence of the Most Holy. In prayer we dream, and our dreams are shaped by the lives of saints who linger in our longing, by the Winds of Heaven that stir our souls. On this holy day of memory, O LORD our God, awaken our dreams and inspire our...
