O God, you created us all in your image and declared us good, yet we question your judgment and act as though some lives are worth less than others. Our hearts are so often heavy with the news of the world, yet we do not carry it alone. Let us know that Jesus weeps with […]
We Pray for Peace: A Prayer for Iran, Israel, the United States, and Every Nation Drawn Into War (March 12, 2026)
We come before You with heavy hearts as war spreads and many lives are shaken. Many of David’s psalms called out to the Lord for protection, strength and victory against his enemies – we pray for divine peaceful intervention during this conflict. David trusted God and called upon the Lord to defend and scatter foes. […]
Wrapped in the Love of God: Prayers for Aleppo, Aid Workers in Gaza, and Christians in India (January 8, 2026)
Creator and Giver of all Good, You are God Most High – the source of all life, light, and love. You are worthy of our praise and our adoration. We lift our collective voices to declare that you are majestic in holiness, perfect in wisdom, and boundless in mercy. It is of this mercy that […]
Lover of All Who Are Wounded: Prayers After the Kenya Landslide, Delhi and Islamabad Bombings (November 13, 2025)
Lover of all who are wounded, heal us. Lover of all who wound, forgive us. Lover of all that is, save us. We close our eyes and dream of a life where tenderness reigns, Where drops of dew caress our cheek in the morning And linens of the softest moss invite us into slumber As the moon serenades us with her beauty. We long […]
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 […]
Give Us Eyes to See: A Prayer on the Anniversary of September 11 (September 11, 2025)
On this anniversary of September 11, 2001, we are reminded of the heartbreaking news of the hijacked planes intentionally crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania in the USA. Help us also remember the spirit of unity that arose after those tragic events. That is what we need now, […]
O Lord, Hear Our Prayer: A Lament for Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, and Ukraine (August 28, 2025)
“Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.” Teresa of Avila O Lord, hear our […]
We Dream of Days: Prayers After the Graz School Shooting and the Air India Crash (June 12, 2025)
Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. – Joel 2:28 God of our hearts, We give thanks for the dreams you place in our lives. Dreams of safer spaces and places […]
A Web of Life: Prayers After the Vancouver Festival Attack, Strikes on Gaza, and India Pakistan Tensions (May 8, 2025)
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. – Revelation 7:9 Holy One, as we come before you today, with people […]
Cries for Justice the World Over: Prayers for Cambodia’s Landmines, Deportees in El Salvador, and Jenin (February 6, 2025)
Loving God, grant us a reprieve from world chaos, often inspired by rash political behavior, that increases suffering in the world’s poorest regions and of the most downcast people. Cambodia, because of the cutting of USAID funds, has halted land mine removal in the country. Between four and six million explosive remnants of ward (ERWs) […]
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