Waken in Me a Sense of Joy – Oct. 13, 2020
O extravagant God,in this ripening, red-tinged autumn,waken in me a sense of joyin just being alive,joy for nothing in generalexcept everything in particular;joy in sun and rainmating with earth to birth a harvest;joy in soft lightthrough shyly disrobing trees;joy in acolyte moonsetting halos around processing clouds;joy in the beating of a thousand wingsmysteriously knowing which […]
Breathe Into Me – Oct. 12, 2020
O God, empty me of angry judgments,and aching disappointments,and anxious trying,and breathe into mesomething like quietnessand confidence,that the lion and the lamb in memay lie down togetherand be led by a trustas straightforward as a little child. Catch my pride and doubt off guardthat, at least for the moment,I may sense your presenceand your caring,and […]
Calm Me Into a Quietness – July 26, 2019
Now,O Lord,calm me into a quietnessthat healsand listens,and molds my longingsand passions,my woundsand wonderingsinto a more holyand humanshape. -Ted Loder in his book of prayers, Guerillas of Grace
God’s Dream – Jan. 11, 2019
“O God, who out of nothing brought everything that is, out of what I am bring more of what I dream but haven’t dared; direct my power and passion to creating life where there is death, to putting flesh of action on bare-boned intentions, to lighting fires against the midnight of indifference, to throwing bridges […]
