Unknown. Unnamed. Un-prayed for. This morning began with the news of a mass shooting at a mall in Louisiana, U.S. And of a special balloon release at a preschool, to commemorate two of its students who were killed over the weekend in another mass shooting, along with six siblings, also in the U.S. Yesterday, an […]
World In Prayer This Week, Thursday 2/26/26
We praise you, O God, for another day to see the dawn, another evening to see the dusk, for the moon and the stars that shine their light at night. We praise you for your great and mighty acts, for your favor to your creatures and your creation. We come to you with our hearts […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, January 22, 2026
…And the floodwaters covered the earth… (Genesis 7) I thought I knew what I was doing, when I offered to cover for this week’s scheduled prayer writer, whose whole family had come down with the flu. Easy. I had half a week to prepare, nothing much booked for those days. Easy. I didn’t know that an […]
World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, 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 […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, June 19, 2025
My God, my love, my encircler, Each day, each night, Each light, each dark, Be near me, uphold me, My treasure, my truth -John Philip Newell God of light and darkness, you give us seasons, reminding us of your presence in the bleak as well as the brilliance. In these days of chaos and skepticism, […]
World News This Week In Prayer – Thursday, June 5, 2025
Loving God, We come before you today, in a world which feels torn apart. Our natural environment feels hopeless right now as thousands across Northern and Western Canada are fleeing due to forest fires. And as Yellowstone National Park in the U.S.A. faces wildfires and hydrothermal explosions as well as nearby earthquakes. In the midst […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, May 1, 2025
I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating… – Isaiah 65:17-18 Behold the newness of the season – the flowers bursting […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, March 27, 2025
The author of this week’s prayer writes, “Last week, our church hosted clergy from India, Holland, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic for an international meeting. I welcomed them with a sign listing their names and unsorted flags and invited observers to connect the national flag to each name. When some nations appear to want to […]
World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, January 16, 2025
Writer’s note: Unexpectedly, I am to write this week, with my mind in a whirl of clamoring news and imminent events. If the eminent theologian, Rowan Williams, uses the prayer method of ‘I turn up, and shut up’, it will more than suffice for my need and hopefully yours. Let us journey together under the […]
World News in Prayer for Thursday, May 23, 2024
Listen, O Israel, the LORD is God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 LISTEN! The prophet Isaiah began this passage with the Hebrew word, “Shema”- LISTEN. So, why aren’t we listening, Divine One? […]
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