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Morning Prayer
On the days when the sun does not rise, when the chill will not dissipate from the night air, words fall anechoic from our lips to the carpeted abyss. Let our tears be our salt- seasoned offerings, burning water our … Continue reading
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Episcopalian haiku
Vespers Sunset on steeple. Shadows lengthen; silence falls Still, fire burns inside
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Night prayer
I pray this night for those who have lived so long that no one who knows can imagine life beyond them. I pray this night for those whose breath was never strong; whose lives are counted in days; whose days … Continue reading
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Year A Easter 5: In Jesus’ Name
Some years ago, a friend’s child got sick. Then she got sicker. … The child recovered, but she had not survived the experience unscathed. Neither, of course, had her parents. During that difficult time, a group of friends were discussing … Continue reading
A reflection for a community celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr
Delivered at Lakeshore Christian Church, Sunday 19 January 2014 Last spring, when word got out about the women who had escaped from a cruel kidnapping, about the decade that they had spent imprisoned in an ordinary little house in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Euclid, Lakeshore Christian Church, march, Martin Luther King Jr, neighbour, prayer walk
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Praying alone
The writing was on the wall outside: the service ended hours ago; the people gone to their Sunday dinners, families, fire sides. The church empty, gaping open, sat stone cold and silent as the grave, its pews petrified, unforgiving, its … Continue reading
Hope
There is a Collect that I pray each morning as I wake up. Actually, I have to start it over a couple of times, because it really is my awakening prayer, and often I wake up more than once and … Continue reading
A GOEs prayer, reblogged
Originally posted on over the water:
My prayer for those (especially Jon, Adam, Lisa, Michael, Linda, Katherine, and Jennifer) taking GOEs (General OrdinationExaminations set by the General Board of Examining Chaplains of the Episcopal Church) this week: All-knowing God, Grant, I…
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New Year’s Eve: A Litany
January For resolutions unresolved, promises forgotten, commitments that crumbled, God forgive me. February From the long darkness save me; from coldness of heart deliver me. March For those who hunger, for those who thirst, may we who fast from overindulgence, … Continue reading
Packing bags
I try to summon a spirit of tenderness to the task: praying for the woman who wanted toothpaste (I had none); wondering who will want the pet food – who still has room in a hungry life for a heartfelt … Continue reading
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Tagged food pantry, God, hunger, poverty, religion, tenderness
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