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At the outset of a new year, the wind chill, the nights long, Isaiah comes along telling us about God’s presence with us in the flood and fire. And, notice what it says: when. When you pass through the waters…. Read moreFirst Sunday After the Epiphany – 2019 – Isaiah 43:1-7

Holy God who will be who you will be, with you the future is nothing to be feared, for you have promised that you will not abandon any good work. As we draw near to Christmas Day, guide our minds… Read morePrayers – The Gospel According to Dickens – Week 4

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

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

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)