Week of August 5
O God we are one with You. ... Help us to realize that there can be no understanding where there is mutual rejection.O God, in accepting one another wholeheartedly, fully, completely, we accept You,...
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Gracious and loving God - we come seeking to be near to you, to feel your touch and to hear the sound of your voice. We seek, but only you find. Find us now dear God: find us with love, with...
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God delivered me into this congregation and charged me with the blessed work of teaching and caring. I pray God gives me the grace to teach the way of love and endless hospitality. I pray God shows me...
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Gracious God this morning I humbly pray for wisdom.Help me to know when I should work like Martha and listen like Mary.I ask your forgiveness when, like Martha, I focus on my work and miss your word.I...
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A Thought for the Week“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. --“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went...
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Lord, be with us this day,Within us to purify us;Above us to draw us up;Beneath us to sustain us;Before us to lead us;Behind us to restrain us;Around us to protect us. ~...
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May you recognize in your life the presence, power and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you intimately with the...
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Dear God, I give you may hands to do Your work; I give You my feet to go Your way; I give You my eyes to see as You see; I give You my tongue to speak Your words; I give You my mind that You may think...
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Because I am a person involved in practical cares, I cannot give the first half of the day to these things but must meditate when I can, early in the morning and on the fly during the day. Not in the...
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Let us try to be holy and useful,Let us strive to repair the world given to us to hand on.Let us lift each other on our shoulders andcarry each other along.Let us see the light in others and honor...
View ArticleWeek of October 21
There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Sometimes I am there too. But more often stones and grit block the well,and God is buried beneath. Then God must be dug out again....
View ArticleWeek of October 28
This day and this night,may I know O Godthe deep peaceof the running wavethe deep peaceof the flowing airthe deep peaceof the quiet earththe deep peaceof the shining starsthe deep peaceof the Son of...
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All Saints SundayYou have blessed uswith saints all of our lives, God of the ages: those who put up with us, and those who prepared us for discipleship; those who have touched us with their...
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Watch now O ChristWith those who are wearyor wanderingor weeping this night.Guide them to a houseof your peaceAnd lead me to be caringfor their tears. Celtic Prayers from Iona ~ J. Philip Newell read...
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The Vast Ocean Begins Just Outside Our Church:The Eucharist Something has happened to the bread and the wine.They have been blessed. What now? The body leans forwardto receive the gift from the...
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