We can think of intercession as expanding God’s being in every situation we open to Him. – Sr Margaret Mary, SPB in “Seeking God in the Silence” In intercession, we, the intercessors, need to know something of the circumstances to kindle our concern. God already knows it all, but it seems in the mystery […]
Unknown, Unnamed, Un-prayed For: Prayers After Mass Shootings and Protest Deaths in Tanzania (April 23, 2026)
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 […]
And the Floodwaters Covered the Earth: A Prayer for Southern Africa’s Floods (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 […]
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, […]
Bread of Life: Prayers for Hunger in Gaza, Sudan, and Mali, and Protest in Togo (July 24, 2025)
Living God, you are here with each and every one of your beloved creations across the world right now and always. You hurt when we hurt, you cry when we cry, and you rejoice when we rejoice. Let that comfort us, but also instill in us a desire for change; knowing we can and must […]
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 […]
How Long, O Lord: Prayers for the Pandemic, a Mexico Earthquake, and Arizona Wildfires (June 25, 2020)
(Many thanks to Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor/author, Nadia Bolz-Weber, for some of the prayer petitions.) God who is called by many names, God of this earth and all its peoples, today we are crying out, how long, O Lord? How long until we can touch our parents and beloved elders? (even as we thank you for […]
All the Saints: Prayers for California’s Wildfires, Britain’s Election, and Lebanon’s Protests (October 31, 2019)
Holy God, we give thanks this day for the diversity of your creation. As we prepare our hearts and minds for prayer, we remember that you created our world in all of its differences. We give thanks this day, O God, for all the saints who have come before us: those who worshiped in homes […]
A World Surrounded by Protests: Prayers from Chile and Ecuador to Hong Kong and Barcelona (October 24, 2019)
Creator God, we give thanks for the privilege of praying. Hear us as we try to pray for our world. Our world seems to be surround by protests. We pray for those in Chile and Ecuador who protest against income inequality. We pray for those who protest about corruption in Iraq, Egypt, and Lebanon. We […]
Shalom Be With You: Prayers for Douma, Parkland and the Muenster Attack (April 12, 2018)
[Jesus] stood among them and said to them, ‘Shalom be with you.’ ~ Luke 24:36 God of creation and creativity, you’ve given us the gift of language and communication so that we might speak of and learn about you, however feeble our understanding might be. We often take the gift of words for granted, forgetting […]