Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Wonderful Counselor, The Word, Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd. What are some other names for Jesus Christ? [Firstborn of all Creation, Holy One, Judge, , Light of…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Several years ago, on a dark winter evening, in the days that are slowly gaining more light but when darkness still holds sway, the parish where I served created time and space for prayers…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. At first glance, today’s stories of Naomi & Ruth and the widow who gave all she had to live on, present us with tales of sacrifice. And if we were thinking of the roots of…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. It has been said that there are five basic types of prayer and they can be distilled into five words: Oops. Gimme. Thanks! Wow! Why?[1] Oops for prayers of confession. Gimme for prayers of petition.…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. One of my favorite seminary words is pericope, which autocorrect always wants to change to periscope. And that’s actually not a bad image to have – a periscope helps you see things that are…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Deep Roots, New Shoots. This is the image we are using as we step out in faith planning for our first year of ministry together. St. James’…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Between our reading from the Book of Job and the Gospel of Mark, the lectionary is not pulling any punches today. Suffering and divorce are never easy topics to approach, and are made harder when we…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. As you may have read about in the Thursday News email, over the summer Bishop Sutton invited all of the parishes in the diocese to participate in an event today sponsored by Interfaith Power &…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. A capable wife who can find? Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all. Whoever welcomes one such child in…