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 […]
Prayers for Sudan
Civil war shapes most of what is prayed for Sudan, with famine, displacement and aid that struggles to arrive. Drought, floods and a landslide in the west are named, as are refugees who found little safety in neighboring countries. Thanksgiving is given for humanitarian organizations and for those who fund their work.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Breathe Your Peace: Prayers for Sudan, the Rohingya, and West Papua (September 18, 2025)
Spirit God, Breathe your calm, loving, hopeful breath into a hurting world. Both the places and people we know are hurting as well as the hurting spaces unknown to us, teach us to care for the whole world and everything in it. May your love, the love, go out into the hearts of all of your people. […]
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