The Wrong Sorts Of People
Sometimes, God, It seems that you don’t care much for your reputation. Your name always seems to crop up in connection With all the wrong sorts of people: questionable people, [...]
Partnering With God
The struggles of our world feel overwhelming, Jesus; beyond our ability to understand, let alone solve. We do not have the capacity to silence the justifications, to heal the addictions, [...]
Messengers
Sometimes the world feels too silent, God; Not without sound, but without any sound that makes sense. In all the noise of human sin and pain, we miss the sound [...]
It’s My Problem, Too
This prayer is intended to take the form of a liturgical drama – a drama that is not just performance, but an integral part of the liturgy. As such, the [...]
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 [...]
Chosen
We would never have expected it, but you chose us. We would never have believed it, but you have called us to follow you. We would never have known it [...]
Chains
We have grown familiar with chains. Stumbled into by accident, or carefully crafted by our own vice, we have become used to their cold weight. At times we even [...]
God Of Restoration
God of restoration, in our blindness and ignorance, you open our eyes and lead us to truth; in our arrogance and defiance, you still our souls and teach us humility; [...]
God Of Peace
Following you, Jesus, is a hard thing to do; So many seek to tell us the “right” way, and too many of these paths are filled with violence and hatred. [...]