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, [...]
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd, Teach us to follow you to care for all that are close to us, to protect those who are threatened, to welcome those who are rejected, to forgive [...]
God
'God' is, in a sense, just a word, A sound we make in reference to what cannot be described or explained; And the word means so many different things, offers [...]
Fruit
It’s so easy to live by the law, God; just tick the commandments off on a list, and silence the whisper of conscience with a legal score card; no mess, [...]
Fear Is A Terrible Thing
Fear is a terrible thing, God. So many people have been scapegoated and injured just because we are afraid of difference; We pray for them now So many [...]
Faith In Action
The world is not healed, O God, by correct ideas, or intellectual nods in the direction of doctrine. No, the world is healed when faith becomes a fire that captures [...]
Extravagant Love
The old song said it, Jesus: What the world needs is love. But, when we speak of love, do we mean the same thing that you do? the infinitely generous, [...]
Divine Lover
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I [...]
Determined
We praise You, Lord God, that Your Way is found not by travelling an exclusive highway, or in secrets preserved only for some, but in the open field of love [...]