The Ones We Long For
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 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 [...]
You alone know, O God, the depth of the longing in our hearts; the intensity of the thirst in our souls, And in answer, you have come to us, lived [...]
We celebrate the goodness of grace that liberates us from oppression when dark forces work to bind us. We celebrate the goodness of grace that provides for us a [...]
We take so much on to our shoulders God; Sometimes it’s arrogance, but sometimes it’s because we just don’t know what else to do. There is so much need, so [...]
In a world where violence seems to rule, we commit, O God, to small random acts of peace making. Where people are oppressed because they look, act, speak, think [...]
When it comes to serving, we all choose who it will be, Jesus; Some people are easy to serve: those we love, those who love us, those who are [...]
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 [...]
When we are tempted to add our noise to the shouting of opinions and doctrines, Teach us, O Christ, the art of quiet proclamation. When we face the crashing [...]
As we pray, O God, we ask you to keep us from using prayer as an escape; keep us from the temptation of uttering a few words, in the [...]
Though it may seem to us that evil spreads like a virus, though it may feel naïve to resist it, we choose to believe that your spirit’s fruit can satisfy [...]