God of every moment, like Scrooge we too are sometimes haunted by the past—by who we were and who we could have become, by what we did and what was left undone. And, like Scrooge, we find that they are… Read morePrayers – The Gospel According to Dickens – Week 2

Holy Spirit, you suffuse every second and every breath. No moment passes that you are not with us, within us, forward and behind us. Renew our Spirit in this season of waiting that we may see with eyes that seek… Read morePrayers – The Gospel According to Dickens – Week 3

Risen Lord, in this season of anticipation, we remember your warning that some may remain unconvinced even if someone came back from the dead. As we read together a story of ghosts—past, present, and future—convince us that Hope is stronger… Read morePrayers – The Gospel According to Dickens – Week 1

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 6 (Based on Acts 1:6-11) Sunday: God of springtime and harvest, we are nearly at the end of another season and preparing to return to that long stretch of ordinary time. In these last days… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 6 (Last Week of Easter)

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 5 (Based on Acts 10:17-23; 44–48) Sunday: Lord Jesus Christ, through you all things were made and it is only through you that we accomplish every good thing.  Help us in this coming week to… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 5 (Sixth Week of Easter)

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 4 (Based on Acts 8:26-40) Sunday: God of Abraham, sometimes you ask us to go without telling us the destination.  For Your joy, you set us out on roads literal and symbolic that will always… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 4 (Fifth Week of Easter)

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 3 (Based on Acts 4:5-12) Sunday: Risen Jesus, you overturned tables in the temple and dared to call out those thought beyond reproach.  Trouble us this week through you Word that we might be reminded… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 3 (Fourth Week of Easter)

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 2 (Based on Acts 3:1-10) Sunday: God of life, you have shown us in the resurrection of your Son that nothing is beyond your power.  We ask in the words of the psalmist to restore… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 2 (Third Week of Easter)

Prayers – Living Resurrection Week 1 (Based on Acts 4:32-35) Sunday: Awesome God, on the first day of the week you broke through the barrier between life and death and opened a way for us all.  Break through, this day,… Read morePrayers – Living Resurrection Week 1 (Second Week of Easter)

God of Love, You didn’t have to come, there didn’t have to be a Christmas.  But for Your own reasons, You did and we come together remembering that you came, you come, you will come.  Come to us now as… Read moreA Christmas Prayer