Prayer
Prayers to help establish your faith to be rooted in place.
Joy That Flickers
Dear Holy Flame,
If ‘Hope is the thing with feathers’, (thank you, Emily Dickinson)
Then Joy is the thing that flickers!
Move Slowly
Father in Heaven,
In our harried and hurried hearts,
May we attune to the speed of love
And the rhythms of grace to move slowly.
Holiday Temptations
Father in Heaven,
As the holidays approach
Both wonder-filled anticipation
And worry-full apprehension
Are held in my heart, my mind, and my body.
Grant me the strength of heart to notice and name
The unholy holiday temptations
That pull my heart from being present
To You, myself, and my neighbor.
First Responders
Father, Son, and Spirit,
You are a God of mercy and justice,
Full of grace and truth.
We pray today for our first responders,
Women and men who answer the call for help.
When sirens ring, they are the ones who come,
Stepping into uncertainty, chaos, and danger.
Their daily work is too often the most tragic day of someone else’s life.
Students
Great Teacher,
We pray for students of every age and every stage
As they enter a new season of learning.
May they find safe space
To pay attention and process the many emotions that arise.
Would they come to trust no amount of knowledge will matter
If they have not learned how to study the depths of their own emotional world.
Learning to Lead
God who walks beside us
Guide me as I lead myself, my work, and my neighbors.
Teach me wisdom—
Wisdom rooted in reverence,
Wisdom beyond my experience,
Wisdom to discern what matters most.
Holy Company
God who knows suffering,
remind us this Lenten season
that the hard and heavy we carry
is not without good and Holy Company.
God who knows resurrection,
remind us this Lenten season
that even the tiniest glimmer of hope
exclaims, “this is not the end.”
Changing Seasons
May the roots of our life reach deeper
In this threshold of time,
And in this sacred place.
