Eternal God, have mercy on all soldiers and veterans buried in cemeteries and those whose gravesites are unknown. In particular, we pray for those forced into service despite their conscientious objection. Bring them all into your kingdom of light and peace and let them share joy with you and with all your saints. May they […]
Prayers for Turkey
Grief and hospitality sit side by side in the prayers for Turkey: mining accidents, bombings, the 2023 earthquake shared with Syria, and the millions of refugees the country hosts. Contested elections and the aftermath of an attempted coup appear here, as does its part in peace talks over Cyprus.
Come, Risen One: Prayers for Kinshasa’s Floods, Kenya’s Assassination, and a World in Upheaval (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 […]
Do You Believe This: Prayers for Christian Unity, Gaza, the Uyghurs and a Warming World (January 23, 2025)
Writer’s Note: Every year, the northern hemisphere recognizes a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity between 18 January and 25 January. This focus on Christian unity recognizes Jesus’ prayer in John chapter 17 that the church “may all be one … so that the world may believe.” For 2025, Christians around the world were encouraged […]
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, […]
The Fasting That I Wish: A Lenten Prayer for Trafficking Victims and the Hungry of Gaza (February 15, 2024)
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. The United States […]
The Thinnest Silence: A Prayer About Listening for the Voice of God (September 28, 2023)
Holy One, Divine Creator, whom some name God, we pray every week for so many things: for those suffering from effects of climate change and the earthquakes, the hurricanes, the super droughts, super fires, and the super floods; for children and women abused and sold and trafficked even in our modern era of development; for […]
Holding the Burden Alongside Us: A Prayer for a New School Year, World Hunger, and the Hottest Summer (September 7, 2023)
O God who holds each one of us, We lift our hearts in prayer for the students around the globe who have just started a new school year. Help students, educators, and grown ups who raise children navigate the busier season and the additional stress that may bring. This time of year brings additional tasks […]
Prayers Like Seeds: For Sudan’s Ceasefire, Gang Violence, and Earthquake Survivors (April 27, 2023)
God of Life, These prayers, like seeds that we tuck into the soil of You. We trust You hold them all — our yearning, worry, agonies, hidden longings, and celebrations — in the fertile cocoon of Love. Each winter as we come out of long dark into the time of bud and bloom we marvel […]
Hosanna, Hosanna: A Palm Sunday Prayer After a School Shooting and the El Paso Fire (March 30, 2023)
Holy One, You who rode the simple donkey through the streets as the palm branches caught the sun. We hear the echoes of Hosanna, Hosanna through time as we remember, remember… Hosanna, Hosanna which means save us. And You do save us, in each moment. Your saving presence is with us always. Closer than we […]
We Know You Do Not Look Away: For Turkey, Georgia, and Iran’s Schoolgirls (March 16, 2023)
Mighty God, you are in the wind that moves across the waters, that whispers in the night, that will not be contained. You see more than we can ever see, and you do not look away. We know, That you whisper through the wreckage in Turkey, calling life out of death, directing those who work […]
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