Wholeness
God, whose word spoke life and creativity into a formless universe, and order to a nation of escaped slaves, whose strong and compassionate voice challenged injustice through frail prophets, we [...]
God, whose word spoke life and creativity into a formless universe, and order to a nation of escaped slaves, whose strong and compassionate voice challenged injustice through frail prophets, we [...]
I sometimes wonder how it makes you feel, God, when we speak of you in the hushed tones of fear, when we think of holiness as rigid rule-keeping, and harsh [...]
In a world that too easily wounds and breaks, we long for those who will heal and restore; In a world that too easily divides and dissects, we long [...]
In the face of all that this world has become and endures: the death and destruction, the dirt and disfigurement, the division and disinterest, We need a baptism that will [...]
In each of our hearts is a locked place, God; Like a forgotten room or a dark cupboard, We would prefer to forget it even exists, But inside it are [...]
While around us the song of fear calls us to march to the tune of self-protection, We choose to dance to the rhythms of life; While around us the [...]
In the noise of voices calling for revenge and restitution, for judgement and punishment, we pray for the courage to speak out for restoration. When pain, poverty and persecution [...]
There is no shortage of ways that we can help to heal our world, Lord; we just need the willingness to see them and the courage to act. So, [...]
God, we are a broken people, and we live in a broken world. But, you are a whole God – holy and complete, and you never stop offering wholeness to [...]
So many voices trumpet their greatness, so many images boast of their beauty, flaunt their power, squander their wealth; and all too many of them do so in your name, [...]