"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works" (Psalm 26.7, KJV)
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)
Luke 16:30-31 And that one said, “No, Father Abraham. But if someone from the dead may go to them, they will repent.” But he said to him, “If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 6
Luke 16:29 But Abraham said, “They have Moses and the Prophets. Hear them.” I am an impatient teacher. My wife often complains that I have an unspoken quota on how many questions any person is allowed to ask. Though I… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 5
Luke 16:27-28 And he said, “I beg you then, Father, that you might send him to the house of my father. For I have five brothers, that he might warn them so that they might not come to this place… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 4