First, a story. The first time I came to an Ash Wednesday service – in a time when churches were still very clear as to what the not-yet-baptized could participate in – I hadn’t thought to ask beforehand if I could receive the ashes. So I rather uneasily followed the line forward, and the Rector paused, hesitated, when […]
Prayers for Nigeria
Conflict in the north runs through the prayers for Nigeria, with abductions, displacement and the food insecurity that follows. Floods, building collapses, protest and policing also appear, and thanksgiving is offered for teachers, clean-energy projects and communities working for peace.
Home by Another Road: A New Year Prayer for a World Still Broken After Christmas (January 2, 2014)
World in Prayer This Week – January 2, 2014 “And having been warned in dream not to return to Herod, they [the Wise Ones] left for their own country by another road.” Matthew 2:12 (NRSV) God of dreams and desires, in this sacred season you reach to the world in rhythms beyond the rational. An […]
Positive Delight in a Wonderful World: A Thanksgiving Prayer for the Enslaved and the Attacked (November 28, 2013)
When Jesus said, ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly’ (John 10 : 10), I do not think He was speaking only of spiritual life – I think He meant us to have positive delight in all the good things in this wonderful world which his […]
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