When you have read this prayer, what will you do next? Peace Around Us All As we are together, praying for peace, let us be truly with each other. Let us pay attention to our breathing. Let us be relaxed in our bodies and our minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ...
Oftentimes it isn’t a question of how much trust you put in the Universe, or the Maker, or whatever noun you use here. More likely it is the case of how much trust that Creator puts in you. I am reflecting on a comment from a friend who said this week: “I am so tired ...
When we open our eyes and our feet hit the floor in the morning, we never know how the day is going to end up at the vesper bell – only that it is our day to take and use… our day to run and grow … our day to hold on and survive. In ...
Continue reading about Good Days and Bad – a Lenten call to prayer
This is a poem that our teacher put on the wall above her desk when I was in the third grade. On a large sheet of poster paper, written in huge square and readable letters, Silver sort-of watched over us most of the year. And not counting rudiments like The A-B -C Song, or nursery ...
Continue reading about Silver Fruit Upon Silver Trees – Prayer at Night
As the skies move from daylight to dark, we come to the time of the day to hear my favorite words from the Book of Common Prayer, from the last prayers of the day – Compline. The prayer that follows is from the New Zealand Prayer Book and speaks to my … interaction, both good ...
Continue reading about Night – a final prayer at the closing of day
