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A Prayer for the Theatre World as Broadway Stays Dark

Creating God, Your children are out-of-joint. They tap dance as they stock shelves, they sing to themselves as they apply for unemployment, they recite monologues as they tend their sourdough starters, the show is stopped, only going on in their hearts. Your children are out-of-sorts. The only lights to run are Christmas icicles along November […]

A Prayer for Farmers

  God of all Creation, we give you thanks for those who cultivate the earth, for those who wake before dawn and labor in the fields, for those who care for livestock, for those who plant and tend with care. We pray they know they are appreciated beyond measure. Too often, we overlook the gift […]

A Prayer for Veterans Day

In the United States, we are approaching Veterans Day – a day set aside to remember and honor those who have served in the military. But more than simply saying “thank you,” it also offers the opportunity to turn our attention to the stories and lives of our veterans. Hold them in prayer and listen […]

I’m not praying for you.

I’m not praying for you. I’m not praying for you. I’m not praying for you. As if your tears don’t carry the weight of your hurt, and God is somewhere else waiting to be paged by the righteous. As if the mother alone in her room- partner gone and babies asleep- crashed into the mattress […]

A Review of Speaking Truth: Women Raising Their Voices in Prayer

In early March, a copy of Speaking Truth arrived at my house, and I was excited to read it. I was busy pastoring during Lent and making plans for Easter, excited for this celebratory season in the life of the church, so this collection of prayers and reflections seemed perfect. And then, a few days […]

A Prayer for Veterans Day

In the United States, we are approaching Veterans Day – a day set aside to remember and honor those who have served in the military. But more than simply saying “thank you,” it also offers the opportunity to turn our attention to the stories and lives of our veterans. Hold them in prayer and listen […]

On the day we had an active shooter drill…

On Sunday, September 15, Emily’s church had the first of three active-shooter trainings in the midst of its worship services. Members and friends were told about the training in advance. On the day we had an active shooter drill, our community awoke to thunderstorms. Rain-soaked shoes dampened our carpets, squeaked on the hardwood, and worshippers […]

Blessing of the Backpacks

I have always loved back to school season. As a child I looked forward to picking out my new folder and composition book, eagerly watching as my mother painstakingly wrote our names on every item that would accompany us on our first day of school. When I finally graduated for the last time, I would […]

A Prayer for Election Day

Even as we speak the words “A Prayer for Election day” We find in our guts the traces of humanity: in suspicion in wondering what kind of prayer this might be. For what are we asking of you, Divine One who gave us voice And thought And will What shall our petitions be On this […]

WTF, God? A Prayer after Pregnancy Loss

I was in a church meeting when I found out I was having a miscarriage. I had stepped out of the conference room at our diocesan offices when my phone rang, assuming it was the fertility clinic calling to give instructions for starting the next round of medications. We had been told that the last […]