Sunday Prayer

Sep 14, 2014 | writing

Before and behind, without and within surround us, O God. Stretch out your hand to lift us up to call us out. Be our sanctuary and our wilderness, our foundation and our trembling. Before and behind, without and within overtake us, O God, with a flood of grace. In our...

French Fries

Mar 27, 2014 | books, thanksgiving, writing

From my book Writing to God: Kids’ Edition, prayer idea #2: Write to God about your feelings. Tell God when you’re happy. God likes to hear your joy! You can write sentences about feeling  happy, or write a list of thanks that make you happy. For example,...

Namesake

Feb 1, 2014 | scripture, writing

Each Friday I email a prayer prompt to encourage a pause for thoughtfulness and creativity in our prayer lives. (Sign up here to receive my Friday emails.) Yesterday’s prompt was based on Isaiah 43:1b, “I have called you by name, you are mine.” What...

Unwilling to Work (reworked)

Nov 15, 2013 | justice, scripture, writing

Dear friends, prayer-writers, and sermonizers: The lectionary readings for this coming Sunday include Second Thessalonians 3:6-13, which says in summary: When we were with you…with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you....

ROY G BIV

Jul 12, 2013 | books, images of God, nature, psalm, writing

Today’s prayer prompt comes from Writing to God: Kids’ Edition, my second book and an engaging resource to encourage young readers in prayer. One of my favorite prompts in the Kids’ Edition holds endless possibilities for prayer: “What’s...

Not Enough Time

May 14, 2013 | writing

Modern American life has conflated the end of time — that is, the eschaton — with everyday time. We are living each day in a panic as though it is the last day. We are scurrying through each hour as though it is the only hour for work or rest or play or...

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