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
Thus says the Lord: Does the woman forget her child at the breast or fail to cherish her offspring? Even if she forgets, I will never forget you. (adapted from Isaiah 49:13-15, focusing on verse 15)
When we offer up prayers and meditations for our military personnel and their leaders, the best place to turn our thoughts is not to their work, not to the campaigns they have underway, and not to the success of our troops of the failure of “theirs.” Such things are best left to others above and ...
Christ Jesus, You gave your life so that every human being may know that they are loved by God. We entrust to you all those who are undergoing – war – injustice – hunger – or fear of the future. And we listen to your voice when you tell us: I need you. I place ...
