Prayers for when you’re sitting at a traffic light, reading a tough email, celebrating a sunny morning, or just generally getting your God-thing on.
A Halloween Prayer
God of Wonders,who made both the dark and light,as we go out to play tonightwith the eerie, spooky, and frightening,we give thanks for the lightsthat shine in the darkness. For jack-o-lantern candleswinking in the night. For front doors held open to neighbors,pouring light onto the sidewalk. For light-up sneakerspeeping out…
A Prayer for Parents and Caregivers During The First Day of School
God, in the quiet of this first day back to school, we lift our prayers. In the blissful quiet, with no children to interrupt us, we pray. In the worried quiet, while we wonder how they’re doing, we pray. In the angry quiet, because this morning was anything but picture-perfect,…
A Christmas Light Prayer, in April
Back in DecemberI put Christmas lights on my back porch. Solar-powered lights,with a panel to catch the sun. It took a lot of work,to coil the copper strands,make the pattern even. That night, I waited.But all was dark. What a shame, I thought,they’re broken.Oh well. They were cheap.I’ll throw them away.…
Grace Again
For wisdom from someone I discounted, and for cool breezes in August, and for the right song on the radio, and for the very existence of dancing, thank you, God. For laughter that dares to bubble through tears, and unclenched fists making room for someone’s hand in mine thank you,…
An Unintended Prayer
I did not mean to pray I was only thinking about the softness of the rain and the warmth of this blanket and the mercy of the morning. I did not mean to pray. I was only thinking about my friend’s cousin and someone in the hospital and a few…
In Praise of the Thread
Holy God, when I am holding on by a thread, buffeted by gale winds, anxious and overwhelmed, teach me to praise the thread. Show me the thread is your gift, a connection of love and hope, delicate as your tender mercy, strong as your unquenchable grace. In the thread, may…
A Prayer for the Empty Chairs (Thanksgiving in a Pandemic)
Eternal God, we come to you in prayer today over the empty chairs. We pray with longing for the friends and family who cannot come to the table today and while we give thanks for Zoom and text and phones it’s not the same as passing the rolls and hugging…
An Ode to the Pandemic Pastor
You never expected this. You never expected to be an epidemiologist, televangelist, crisis counselor, and innovation architect all rolled into one. Yet you’ve piled all those hats on your head, washed your hands and masked your face, and sallied forth into God’s hurting world. Well done, good and faithful servant.…
Back to School Prayer (in a Pandemic)
Jesus, our friend, we are going back to school but not like we remember. We are full of feelings—mad, worried, scared, confused. We don’t know what will happen. We don’t know how to do this. So remind us that you are with us every day, with us whether we…
A Prayer for Impossible Choices
God, we scream to you “we can’t do this!” All the pieces won’t fit, no matter how many times we run through the questions. Nothing is good. Nothing is what we want. We’re stuck between impossible choices, and we wonder what happened to the God through whom all things were…
A Blessing for the Masks
Great Physician, Giver of All Life, may this mask I wear show your true face: a face of mercy and compassion a face that loves others above myself a face that protects the vulnerable and weak. As I wear this mask, save and protect me from danger that may come…
Breathe: A Prayer for Church Leaders on the Sunday after Easter
When Jesus returned to that dark and locked room where the disciples huddled in fear he demanded no apologies, no account of ministry tasks performed in his absence, no statistics of new disciples engaged, but simply spoke peace, and breathed his Spirit. As we sit in our locked rooms, or…
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