O God of Every Nation is a prayer that appears as Hymn #289 in the book we use at my church. The author, William Watkins Reid (1923-2007), served in World War II as a medic and concluded his time in uniform as a prisoner of war....
Read MoreGod’s plan for our good Jeremiah 29:11-14 Thinking through the passage Only God knows what God is planning for us… Neither our enemies nor our friends know what God is planning… God is planning for our prosperity, not...
Read MoreI am working my way through scripture passages recommended in Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits by Michael Harter, SJ for those participating in the first week of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. The Lord Appears...
Read MoreMy prayer life and sense of God’s presence was strong during a silent retreat at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center in Atlanta, Georgia from 13 February through 16 February 2014. Then I came home and kept very little...
Read MoreOne: We are the descendants of gospel trouble-makers! Many: Holy Spirit, breathe the fire of your life into our hearts! One: Those trouble-makers questioned those who would speak on God’s behalf to us, and on our behalf to...
Read MoreCorporate Confession: Everlasting God, we have often failed to realize that repentance and renewal are ongoing, for us as individuals and as your church. We are too easily lulled into repetition of the familiar. Too often...
Read MoreI’ve been making an effort lately to pray and worship God several times per day, not with the occasional thought, but with clear, sustained focus. I did not want to fill my time with reading Scripture and singing hymns and...
Read MoreThis prayer by Ted Loder, from his book Guerillas of Grace, says beautifully what I have been praying clumsily this past week. I was thinking last night that I needed to get more involved with people as I seek to develop in my...
Read MoreEternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your...
Read MoreMother/Father God, Hallowed be your Name! May your reign come. Give us today Tomorrow’s bread. Forgive us our sins, For we too forgive everyone who sins against us; And don’t let us be subject to the Test. ...
Read MoreGod of Wonder, you surround us with signs of your glory and surprise us with your presence. Make us alert to the ways you make yourself known. Amen. For a little help noticing the signs of glory, watch this video: Thank you Jim...
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