A Prayer for Our Return to School
Holy One, May our school year begin with compassion for where we are,uncertain,tired,and glad to see one another. May we begin with a thirstto learn ——students [...]
Summer Lectio: A sacred reading of your summer
Just through the farthest kitchen window this morning I saw the first turned leaf. Seeing it there through glass and across the room I felt [...]
Blessing the Backpacks: blessing with bubbles
(The worship leader could say the words of the following prayer alone or it could become an echo prayer with the children and any who bring [...]
Autumn
Holy One, May we come to this momentAs though we were a gardenAnd You the softening rain […]
Table Church
Something as small as mustard seed. Why Table Church? To be vital in our living and our dying as individuals and as congregations we need to [...]
Prayer
"It doesn't have to be the blue iris", the poet says. Prayer, that is. It doesn't have to be, but it could, couldn't it, in the [...]
A Pentecost Hymn for Times of Pandemic
On Pentecost they gatheredwhile we are still apart;we dedicate the distance,we hold it in our hearts. […]
The Presence in Absence
Image credit: Ascension of Christ by Eddie Guzman The absence of his presence, the presence of his absence, like a palpable thing. […]
Holy Week Inhabiting
We are touched by the same oilInhale the same fragrance.Your life, my life,Your death, my death. […]