Committing To Life
At a time like this, when the triumph of death seems inevitable and the suffering around us makes us want to turn away, we commit to resurrection: In the [...]
At a time like this, when the triumph of death seems inevitable and the suffering around us makes us want to turn away, we commit to resurrection: In the [...]
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 [...]
In the noise of ideologies and agendas, you gently whisper, O God; In the cacophony of rhetoric and propaganda, you gently whisper, O God; In the madness of [...]
It is not great sacrifice that you require of us, God, filling your temple with slaughtered animals, or the overflowing rivers of our wealth; It is not laboured rituals [...]
Because Your grace, O Christ, is so generous - not crumbs falling from the table, but a sumptuous feast – we pray for the accused and guilty ones; those in [...]
God of extravagant and inappropriate grace, we thank you for the wealth we enjoy, and for all the opportunities we have to share it. Where nations buckle under the [...]
Keep us, O God, from dry, brittle religion, from rigid laws and cold judgements, from personal piety and aloof disinterest in the well-being of others. Teach us the way of [...]
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 [...]
We call you 'King', Jesus, but you're not like any king we've ever heard of; You don't flaunt your power, waving your hand dismissively to change the lives of [...]
Here we are again, God With all that makes us who we are, all that fills our lives; Carrying into this place of joy and freedom the burdens we just [...]