"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works" (Psalm 26.7, KJV)
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
Luke 16:24-26: And, when he had called, he said, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he might dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; because, I suffer in this flame. But… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 3
Luke 16:22-23 And it happened, the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. And in Hades, lifting up his eyes, himself in torment, he… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 2
Luke 16:19-21: And there was a rich man. He dressed in purple and fine linen celebrating all day sumptuously. And there was a poor man named Lazarus—thrown at the entrance—covered in sores, desiring to be satisfied with the fallings from… Read moreThe Chasm – Lent 2014 – Week 1
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
John 3:26-30 What does it mean to be a light but not the light? When Jesus shows up on the scene, John confidently declares that this is the Light. This is the person before whom he had prepared the way…. Read moreAdvent 2012
The prayer traditionally read this week begins “Stir up your power, O Lord.” It’s a real rousing beginning, and one that, for me, conjures up the idea of a coming storm. I think of too-warm weather, a sepia colored world,… Read moreThird Sunday of Advent