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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Do Not Be Afraid: Prayers for Gaza’s Journalists, Nagasaki at Eighty, and Gun Violence (August 14, 2025)
Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom…Be dressed for action and have your lamp lit. Luke 12:32-40 Not a warning, but a gentle reminder like waking up a child from sleep to get ready for the journey of the day, we too have clothes […]
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