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 […]
Prayers for Palestine
Palestine is held in these prayers through war and displacement, hunger in Gaza, shelter and sanitation that fail in winter, and aid that does not arrive. Recognition and statehood come up repeatedly, as do ceasefires made and broken. Through all of it the prayers ask for a peace that lasts and for trust between neighbors.
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 […]
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, […]
Persistent in Hope: Prayers for Madagascar, Alaska, and a Fragile Ceasefire (October 16, 2025)
God of many names, May the beautiful diversity of the people created in your image remind us of the multiplicity of ways we can each experience you. Too often, we place ourselves into a category of us or them, not realizing that you are beyond us, with us, and within us, each of us, all […]
Christ Has No Body But Yours: Prayers for the Gaza Peace Process and Endangered Pangolins (October 9, 2025)
Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. –St. Teresa of Avila (16th Century) One […]
Give Us Eyes to See: A Prayer on the Anniversary of September 11 (September 11, 2025)
On this anniversary of September 11, 2001, we are reminded of the heartbreaking news of the hijacked planes intentionally crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania in the USA. Help us also remember the spirit of unity that arose after those tragic events. That is what we need now, […]
God of Memory: A Prayer for Hiroshima at Eighty, School Shootings, and Afghanistan’s Earthquake (September 4, 2025)
The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. – Psalm 121:8 God of Memory, hear our prayers, Hear our prayer among the dailiness of our lives wherever we make our home on this earth, wherever we walk our dogs, tend our gardens, scrub our pots and pans, read our books, receive our […]
O Lord, Hear Our Prayer: A Lament for Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, and Ukraine (August 28, 2025)
“Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.” Teresa of Avila O Lord, hear our […]
Your Creation Is Groaning: Prayers for Wildfires in Spain and Canada, Floods in Pakistan (August 21, 2025)
Holy One, Your creation is groaning. Our world is full of suffering and strife. We come into our time of prayer with heavy hearts, hurting with those who hurt, weeping with those who weep. Let our prayers be a catalyst for good – let them soften hard hearts, let them bring relief to those in […]
Do Not Be Afraid: Prayers for Gaza’s Journalists, Nagasaki at Eighty, and Gun Violence (August 14, 2025)
Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom…Be dressed for action and have your lamp lit. Luke 12:32-40 Not a warning, but a gentle reminder like waking up a child from sleep to get ready for the journey of the day, we too have clothes […]
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