Accepting the Love and Care We Give

Accepting the Love and Care We Give

Apr 16, 2023 | 0 comments

Jesus does not want us to use our busyness and exhaustion as a badge of honor.  Easter reminds us that he is the one who saves and in return asks us to love God and to love people.  As we do that work, let us make sure that the love and care we give includes loving ourselves.

An Easter Prayer

Apr 17, 2022 | 0 comments

Happy Easter! The Lenten season and the celebration of Easter happens to coincide very nicely with spring when everything that has either died or is dormant comes to life again. It is as if nature itself is embracing the power of the “resurrection” by...
A Prayer Practice for the Stuff of Holy Week

A Prayer Practice for the Stuff of Holy Week

Apr 10, 2022 | 5 comments

  Meet us this week, Lord, in the stuff of Holy Week. Help us notice the symbols that tell of your love. They are all around us—gift after gift from you.   Meet us in green leaves waving and in stones by the road. Remind us to lift our voices in hosannas as...

Interactive Prayer Stations for Lent

Jan 30, 2022 | 3 comments

Prayer stations offer a practical idea for the Lenten season, with a focus on raising awareness of a number of social justice issues and hospitality. These themes and messages accompany us on a Lenten journey. The original “Interactive Prayer Stations on Lent &...
Breathe. Breathe.

Breathe. Breathe.

Apr 4, 2021 | 9 comments

How far you’ve come.   Ashes to go. Foreheads or hands? Ash Wednesday in a bag. Wilderness sand and rocks on a tray. Buried Alleluias. Virtually. Lenten family practices. We could try coloring. One Great Hour or Sharing. Maybe? Holy Week planning. Palms. Parades....
Communal Prayers through Zoom

Communal Prayers through Zoom

Mar 21, 2021 | 3 comments

  Creating space for prayer in community is critical to our faith formation. Lent is the perfect season to come together in prayer. When I think of community, I think of a place where you can come as you are, flaws and all. You develop a bond with one another....
For Lent: A Litany of Confessing

For Lent: A Litany of Confessing

Feb 21, 2021 | 0 comments

We confess, O God, that the world is a mess of our own making. We have worshipped the idols of power and money at the expense of those you created in your own image. In so doing, we have suppressed the image of God. This way is not your way.   We confess, O God,...

Prayer and Meditation: Now I lay me down to sleep . . .

Dec 27, 2020 | 2 comments

When I was a child, a good-night prayer was the last detail of the day. I’d lay down in bed and my mother would tuck me in and we would say THE prayer together. She would begin, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep . . .”  I’m sure I’m...

The Magnificat: Canticle of the Turning

Dec 20, 2020 | 0 comments

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my savior, for God has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done good things for me, and holy is his name.” Luke...