World in Prayer

Sharing in God’s loving compassion for all

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, November 19

Violence is what happens when we don’t know what else to do with our suffering. – Parker Palmer Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. – Hebrews 13:2 “Do not be afraid,” the messenger from God said to Mary. “Do not be afraid,” the messenger […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, November 12

Having but recently celebrated that moment “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month month” 97 years ago when the belligerents of World War I agreed to armistice, to the cessation of harmful deeds even in the absence of an agreed formula for a fully organized peace, let us lift hands […]

World News This Week in Prayer- Thursday, November 5

God of love, God of inclusion, God of justice and peace, we come to you with hearts heavy with the things that are happening in our world over which we have no control. Lack of control is scary, feels threatening. And yet, even in the midst of our confusion and frustration, there is a truth […]

World News This Week in Prayer- Thursday, October 22, 2015

‘God is not aloof; God is not a spectator.’  Eugene Victor “Gene” Debs, American union leader.  Creator God, we would pray for the whole world, but it’s too big and we are overwhelmed.   We understand that you can see all and know all that is before we even think to talk to you about it.  […]

World News This Week In Prayer – Thurs., September 17, 2015

Mark 9:35: And Jesus said to his followers, Whomever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all. We are not good at servanthood, loving God. We are not good at putting the needs of others first. We are not good at seeing through eyes of justice and compassion. Those are […]

World News This Week in Prayer, Thursday, August 20, 2015

God, of whose creative force it is said: “Before the world was created, the Holy One kept creating worlds and destroying them. Finally He created this one, and was satisfied. He said to Adam: ‘This is the last world I shall make. I place it in your hands: hold it in trust.’ “ [Gates of […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thursday, August 6, 2015

Today is the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima, and three days later over Nagasaki. At a ceremony to mark the anniversary, which included Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, said “Seventy years on I want to re-emphasize the necessity of world peace.”  The Church of England […]

World News This Week in Prayer – Thurs., July 16, 2015

“Be still, and know that I am God!     I am exalted among the nations,     I am exalted in the earth.” -Psalm 46:10 (NRSV)   In the midst of the tasks of life, the busy-ness, the rush, the never-ending to-do lists, it is easy to lose sight of you, O God. Still us now, so that […]