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 [...]
The Life That Is Truly Good
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 [...]
The Goodness Of Grace
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 [...]
The Faith We Need
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 [...]
Small Random Acts Of Peacemaking
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 [...]
Serving All
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 [...]
Seeing
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 [...]
Quiet Proclamation
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 [...]
Prayers
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 [...]
Passing It On
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 [...]