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Silver Fruit Upon Silver Trees – Prayer at Night

Scribe — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:44:01 +0000

Silver Fruit Upon Silver Trees – Prayer at Night

Silver Fruit Upon Silver Trees – Prayer at Night 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 ...

Night – a final prayer at the closing of day

Scribe — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:40:24 +0000

Night – a final prayer at the closing of day

Night – a final prayer at the closing of day 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 ...

Never Alone – lectio divino

Scribe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:23 +0000

Never Alone – lectio divino

Never Alone – lectio divino 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)

For Our Military Forces – a prayer

Scribe — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:05:57 +0000

For Our Military Forces – a prayer

For Our Military Forces – a prayer 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 ...

Trusting Our Calling – a prayer

Scribe — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:05:58 +0000

Trusting Our Calling – a prayer

Trusting Our Calling – a prayer 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 ...