“And yet, there is only One great thing, The only thing: To live to see in huts and on journeys The great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.” – Inuit song of blessing Oh God of great mystery and God of the hearth and home. God of the seas and those […]
Prayers for South Korea
The families of 179 people who died aboard Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 are remembered here, as are those terrified by severe floods and Tropical Storm Jongdari. These prayers also follow impeachment proceedings and political strife, and church members whose trust was shaken by corruption in the Unification Church.
Lay Down Your Weapons: Prayers for Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Children Held in US Detention (April 9, 2026)
Eternal Spirit,In this short week, we ask for your mercy and peace that passes all understanding.Since Good Friday, we live anew because Christ has died.We entered the Holy Saturday of deepening grief and perhaps a profound surrender.Christ has Risen!Easter joy arrived, and we are reminded that the door to paradise has been opened by Christ!Yet, […]
A Threshold Prayer for the New Year: Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and the Disasters We Carry Into 2026 (January 1, 2026)
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:78-79 God, at the end of […]
Prayers on the Day of Peace: Typhoon Ragasa, Justice for Women, and the Imprisoned (September 25, 2025)
Loving God, We come before you today knowing that we do not always have the words or even know how to pray when life feels heavy. For many of us, despite knowing your existence, and your unfailing love and compassion on your people, it’s hard to see your handprints in a world that is chaotic, […]
You Hold the Whole World: Prayers for Gaza, Wildfires in Canada and France, and Unvaccinated Children (July 17, 2025)
Loving Creator, You are the One who holds the whole world in Your hands. And so, we pray today for areas in our city, nation, and world in need of Your healing and presence. For Palestine where over 58,000 have been killed so far, with the latest Israeli strike killing at least 32. We pray […]
The Goodness That Still Abounds: A Lenten Prayer for Syria, Lagos, and Racial Justice (March 13, 2025)
In this journey through Lent, We know what it’s like to wait, to long, and to feel heavy. We know what it’s like to feel anxiety over the situations happening in our world. Over looming tariffs and counter-tariffs in the U.S., Canada, and China, Over the bad batch of Fentanyl that is claiming the lives […]
Always We Begin Again: Prayers After the Jeju Air Crash, New Orleans, and Jimmy Carter’s Death (January 2, 2025)
Always We Begin Again “The first rule is simply this; live this life and do whatever is done, in a spirit of Thanksgiving. Abandon attempts to achieve security, they are futile, give up the search for wealth, it is demeaning, quit the search for salvation, it is selfish, and come to comfortable rest in the […]
The Candle of Love: Prayers After the Madison School Shooting and Vanuatu’s Earthquake (December 19, 2024)
Approaching the end of Advent, we light the candle of love, and we pray for situations around the world which desperately need our love. We send our love to the children who were shot at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A and for the 15 year old shooter who took her own […]
My Soul in Stillness Waits: An Advent Prayer for 117 Million Displaced People (December 5, 2024)
Attentive Nervous Thoughtful Incarnation Concerned Immanuel Preparing Awaiting Testify Expecting The season of Advent, literally “the coming,” holds special significance for many anticipating justice. The United Nations reports that 117.3 million people are currently displaced from their homes due to war, environmental disasters, and political instability. People from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, […]
Let God’s People Go: A Prayer Remembering the Slave Trade and All Held Captive Today (August 22, 2024)
Editor’s note: 23 August is recognized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. This date was chosen as an acknowledgement of the revolution in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, that began in late August 1791 as a […]
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