Grief

Through Our Tears

admin2020-07-28T08:14:42+02:00Compassion, Dedication, Grief, Invocation (Call to Worship), Justice, Prayers, Subject, Type, Worship|

It’s not wrong to ask where you are, God, when innocent children go hungry, or are abducted as sexual slaves or die of curable diseases, or are forced to fight [...]

The Sound Of Tears

admin2020-07-28T08:14:31+02:00Compassion, Grace, Grief, Life, Prayers, Spirit, Subject, Thanksgiving, Type|

There is a sound, God, when grief spills from the corner of an eye, and stains the earth with its wetness. It is not a quiet sound, although it may [...]

The Healing Power Of Celebration

admin2020-07-28T08:14:27+02:00Celebration, Grief, Holy Week, Intercession, Joy, Prayers, Restoration, Sacrifice & Self-Giving, Season, Subject, Type|

In the midst of grief we choose to celebrate, because it reminds us of hope, and brings comfort to our broken hearts; In the midst of poverty we choose [...]

Seeing

admin2020-07-28T08:14:05+02:00Compassion, Grief, Intercession, Prayers, Right Living, Serving, Subject, Type|

Keep us from our self-imposed blindness, Jesus; hold our heads firmly in your grasp so we cannot look away from those who are broken; pull us forward so that we [...]

Jesus In Disguise

admin2023-06-29T18:08:03+02:00Abundance, Confession, Dedication, God's Reign, Grief, Hospitality, Incarnation, Intercession, Kingdom of God, Prayers, Presence, Serving, Subject, Type|

It’s a tough thing for us to learn, Jesus, how you hide in the most unlikely places; how you beckon us into life and compassion by disguising yourself in [...]

I Am Still Here

admin2020-07-28T08:13:18+02:00Confession, Dedication, Grief, Judgement, Perseverance, Prayers, Sacrifice & Self-Giving, Serving, Subject, Type|

I want to run But I’m still here. To run, not from God - but from the people who use his name. I journey, I work, I pray I grow [...]

Good News By Degrees

admin2020-07-28T08:13:05+02:00God's Reign, Grief, Hospitality, Intercession, Kingdom of God, Prayers, Right Living, Subject, Type|

It’s Good News this Gospel of yours, Jesus, and we easily get so excited and full of expectation, that we can be disappointed when goodness takes longer than we had [...]

Darkness And Light

admin2020-07-28T08:12:51+02:00Confession, Darkness, Dedication, Faith, Grief, Light, Prayers, Right Living, Subject, Type|

The darkness loves to parade itself, God, to draw our attention and steal our energy, with fearful threats and dire prophecies of doom; and we all too easily give it [...]

Grief

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