Tag Archives: COVID-19

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 them tight. We pray withContinue reading “A Prayer for the Empty Chairs (Thanksgiving in a Pandemic)”

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. You never expected this. YouContinue reading “An Ode to the Pandemic Pastor”

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 are in a school buildingContinue reading “Back to School Prayer (in a Pandemic)”

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 my way. As I wearContinue reading “A Blessing for the Masks”

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 stream from empty sanctuaries,  giveContinue reading “Breathe: A Prayer for Church Leaders on the Sunday after Easter”

Ever-present God, our rock and foundation, bless our homes.