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.

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...
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...

Back-to-School (or Virtual School) Blessing

Aug 2, 2020 | 7 comments

Many churches mark the back-to-school season with a Blessing of Backpacks for children, families, teachers, and leaders who are returning to the classroom after summer break. This ritual is a tangible reminder that God is present everywhere and accompanies us in every...

Maundy Thursday: Ideas for Worship at Home

Apr 3, 2020 | 0 comments

by British Hyrams Maundy Thursday is the first of three Holy Week rituals following Palm Sunday and culminating on Easter Sunday. Maundy means “commandment.” Maundy Thursday acknowledges the new commandment that Jesus gave his disciples at the feast of the Last...

Resources for Home Prayer and Worship

Mar 23, 2020 | 1 comment

During this season of social distancing, here are some apps and resources for personal and family prayer and worship. The PCUSA Daily Prayer App provides brief services for Daily Prayer based on the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship, including: psalms for the day,...

Epiphany Stars

Jan 6, 2020 | 0 comments

“Epiphany is the celebration of God’s manifestation or self-revelation to the world in Jesus Christ. In particular, we celebrate the revelation of God’s promise and purpose to the nations of the world, as the magi came from the East to worship to the Christ...