Oct 9, 2016 | lament, news, prayer
We light a candle for you, O God, and pray for your eternal soul as you sit helplessly in mourning to see the deaths of your people. May there be mercy at the final judgment when they question your unresponsiveness to the cries of those battered by storms. We light a...
Sep 25, 2016 | lament, prayer, racism, sermon
I have some not-so-polite things to pray today, God, starting with: You suck. . Also: You’re falling down on the job. . Where is your balm to the brokenhearted when pain is looped publicly on video for voyeurism and ratings? . Is there no more freedom your...
Sep 18, 2016 | grace, justice, lament, prayer
Is it true, God, that you are faithful even when life is a gauntlet of troubles and each day seems longer than the next? Is it true that your inheritance is plentiful even though we squander and fight and steal in jealous fear that we must secure ours? Is it true, O...
Jun 24, 2016 | confession, lament, news, racism
Though we pressed our bibles to your hands and promised you life in the deep chilly river we never meant to love you and prayed Christ would forgive you for not being like us, not even at the threat of death. Though we survived by your blood and thrived on your...
Apr 22, 2016 | courage, death, lament, prayer
Who will mourn death when it dies? Who will cry out against the drying of tears? Who will offer their shoulder when pain passes away? You have promised it, O God, and it is certainly so that all things are being made new. But in our gleeful grabbing at the latest...
Feb 28, 2016 | confession, images of God, lament, Lent, prayer
How is it within you, O God, to imagine land flowing with milk and honey, bright rivers spilling over with satisfying life to make harvests abundant and people glad to no longer know thirst? How is it, O God, that your holy imagination and your living heart can...
