Reckless Prodigals And Self-Righteous Siblings
God of Reckless Prodigals and Self-Righteous Siblings, We praise You for always being there in times of joyful celebration and times of despairing distress; in times of noble faithfulness [...]
Plenty
How did it happen, God? How did we come to believe in scarcity? In “not enough to go around;” In “you gotta look after yourself”? How did we miss [...]
New Days
Just when it seems that all is lost, that our brokenness, our failure, has gone too far, You call a new day to dawn. Just when it feels like [...]
Hope-Bringer
We are so familiar with shame, Jesus; we never quite manage to hide the blemishes, on our skins and on our hearts; we are lepers, unclean - each in our [...]
Grace and Forgiveness
It is not a perfect life we live, O God; We are people of ambivalent goodness, and too fragile desires for justice and righteousness; We need your grace and forgiveness, [...]
God Of Presence And Light
God of Presence and Light, We like to imagine that we are bold and strong, that there is nothing that can frighten us But, we are not strangers to trembling, [...]
Biographers Of The Least
Our world overflows with stories, Jesus, so many lives, so many ways of being human. So why are we satisfied with so few? Why do we keep telling the same [...]
Amazing God
You're amazing, God, The way you paint the sky with endless combinations of colours, The way you fill the world with countless creatures, all so different, all so unique. [...]