World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

Away in a Manger: An Advent Prayer for the Displaced and for Prisoners Freed in Belarus (December 18, 2025)

Away in a manger, No crib for his bed. Advent Jesus, Our hearts break for those who are displaced due to war, violence, oppression, or persecution, who have nowhere to lay their weary heads. Our souls ache for the homeless who are facing winter weather and have no place to stay warm. And our spirits […]

This Is No Time for a Child to Be Born: Advent Prayers for Gaza and Indonesia’s Floods (December 11, 2025)

An interpretation, in prayer, of Madeleine L’Engle’s poem: “This Is No Time for a Child to Be Born” Christmas 1973 O, Word of words, you were here at the beginning and you are here with each of us through the short spans of life on this Earth. You know the giant arcs of time, and so […]

In the Stillness: Prayers After Southern Asia’s Floods and the Hong Kong Tower Fire (December 4, 2025)

“In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.” -Howard Thurman At least 1,300 people have been killed in floods that have ravaged southern Asia over the past few weeks, with hundreds more still missing and millions […]

Keep Me Traveling: A Thanksgiving Prayer for Immigrants and All Who Speak Truth to Power (November 27, 2025)

The parable of the sheep and goats.  ~ Matthew 25 The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must act with justice.  You must love to show mercy. And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God. ~ Micah 6:8 (NIRV) Be thankful […]

The Beating Heart of Justice: Prayers for Gaza’s Winter Floods, Aid Cuts, and the Amazon at COP30 (November 20, 2025)

Holy One, Eighty years ago this month France, the Soviet Union (now Russia) the United Kingdom, and the United States used the rule of law in setting up a tribunal called the Nuremberg trials.  Not outright execution (as was considered) but mindful prosecution brought justice as over two dozen Nazi leaders had their wartime crimes laid out in the light in that initial tribunal. We […]

Lover of All Who Are Wounded: Prayers After the Kenya Landslide, Delhi and Islamabad Bombings (November 13, 2025)

Lover of all who are wounded, heal us. Lover of all who wound, forgive us.  Lover of all that is, save us.    We close our eyes and dream of a life where tenderness reigns, Where drops of dew caress our cheek in the morning And linens of the softest moss invite us into slumber  As the moon serenades us with her beauty.    We long […]

Let Justice Flow Like Water: Prayers for El Fasher, Hunger in America, and Ukraine (November 6, 2025)

O, Lord, call us, awaken us, awaken us as you called your prophets to speak truth, your truth to this errant world. Amos, a shepherd and arborist, a pruner of trees, and a prophet speaking to power. Hear his words as a season of destruction and genocide flows around us. You trample on the heads […]

Sparks of Hope: Prayers for Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa, Floods in Vietnam, and Sudan’s El Fasher (October 30, 2025)

Holy One, centre of our being and hope of the world, we turn to you in times of trouble, in times of joy, and in all the times in between. Today, let us lay down our burdens before you, for a world in turmoil and grief. We pray for Jamaica after the devastation of Hurricane […]

Prayers for a Protesting World: Nepal, Kenya, Morocco, and the No Kings Marches (October 23, 2025)

Compassionate God, We look to you today – the source of our strength and hope, Even as protests spread across the world, In Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, and Morocco. Even as people – many of whom are young and perhaps idealistic, Take to the streets to stand against widening inequality, economic uncertainty, corruption, […]

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