Mar 30, 2014 | Lent, mystery, prayer
O God our guide and daily delight, We are like the dawn, created to welcome the sun but inclined to yearn for the night. In your brilliance, command our attention with imagination and new revelation. We are like the dawn, indistinct and unclear on the truth, waiting...
Nov 17, 2013 | mystery, prayer
Breathtaking God, Ever-Gracious God, you who call new worlds into being, you who make peace between the wolf and the lamb: You are wonderful … and you leave us wondering. O LORD, hear our prayer. We experience you in contradictions. You are the wild hope of our...
May 26, 2013 | images of God, mystery, prayer
O Blessed Mystery, O Triune Puzzle, grant us the wisdom to be at peace with questions rather than contriving explanations. We strive to prove ourselves with a show of truth, but the glory of Wisdom — of One who sang the distant stars into being and who rocks the...
Feb 15, 2013 | Lent, mystery, prayer
“Hush. It’s my turn.”
Dec 22, 2012 | Advent, mystery, prayer, theodicy
Did you hesitate, O Holy One, when you looked at the state of things and imagined the pain of immersing yourself in it? Did you debate with yourself when you saw across the expense of time and realized that we wouldn’t change much in the long run? Did you...
Dec 5, 2012 | Advent, discipleship, mystery, prayer
My soul is troubled, O my God, tied in knots and tossing. You are giving birth and I am a nervous midwife. (Not even a midwife, who would have the calm words and strong hands to encourage new life.) Is this, then, the meaning of Advent: to be constantly checking the...
