Unison Prayer
Luke 13:31-35
Loving God, Jesus longed to comfort the people of Jerusalem, knowing that they would reject him. He longed to fill them with healing and deliverance from evil. We too are called to find compassion for our enemies. Give us the heart of Jesus, we pray. Give us a longing that all people may be gathered into his salvation and covered with his grace. Amen.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
February 14, First Sunday in Lent
Unison Prayer
Luke 4:1-13
O God, in the wilderness Jesus was tempted to abandon his God-given task for ways of self-fulfillment, power, and spectacle. We face the same tests. May we use these forty days for redirecting our steps to the way of Jesus and come to Easter prepared by you for whatever tests await us. Amen.
Luke 4:1-13
O God, in the wilderness Jesus was tempted to abandon his God-given task for ways of self-fulfillment, power, and spectacle. We face the same tests. May we use these forty days for redirecting our steps to the way of Jesus and come to Easter prepared by you for whatever tests await us. Amen.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
February 7, Transfiguration Sunday
Luke 9:28-43
Unison Prayer
Holy God, bring us to the meeting point of heaven and earth, where the veil parts and glory is revealed. Show us Jesus transfigured, a preview of resurrection-life. Overshadow us with your presence and fill us with awe and silence. Teach us to listen to your Chosen One and to follow him to the shadow-places of society where healing is needed. Astound us with your greatness, we pray. Amen.
Unison Prayer
Holy God, bring us to the meeting point of heaven and earth, where the veil parts and glory is revealed. Show us Jesus transfigured, a preview of resurrection-life. Overshadow us with your presence and fill us with awe and silence. Teach us to listen to your Chosen One and to follow him to the shadow-places of society where healing is needed. Astound us with your greatness, we pray. Amen.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
January 31, Epiphany 4
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Unison Prayer
Holy God, you love us with a love that is beyond measuring. You call us to live out that love, not only on our best days, but in the difficult realities of relationships and the costly ways of communities. Without that love for each other, nothing can fashion a faithful church: neither budgets, nor buildings, nor missional strategies. Only love gives the church the shape that God requires. Help us always find a way to choose peace instead of revenge, conversation rather than fear, and life instead of death, knowing that we are bound by a love that will not fail, fall, or falter. Amen.
Unison Prayer
Holy God, you love us with a love that is beyond measuring. You call us to live out that love, not only on our best days, but in the difficult realities of relationships and the costly ways of communities. Without that love for each other, nothing can fashion a faithful church: neither budgets, nor buildings, nor missional strategies. Only love gives the church the shape that God requires. Help us always find a way to choose peace instead of revenge, conversation rather than fear, and life instead of death, knowing that we are bound by a love that will not fail, fall, or falter. Amen.
Monday, January 25, 2016
January 31, Epiphany 4
Luke 4: 21-30
Prayer of Confession
O God, Jesus preached his first sermon in his hometown of Nazareth, proclaiming good news for the poor, release for captives, sight for the blind, and freedom from oppression. The response of Jesus' friends and neighbors quickly turned from amazement to anger. They thought that they should have the ear and eye and heart of God before others. They would limit God's love, limit God's regard, limit God. Forgive our willingness to accept Jesus only on our own terms. May the church always be a place where barriers break, doors open, horizons broaden, and love spreads. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
O God, Jesus preached his first sermon in his hometown of Nazareth, proclaiming good news for the poor, release for captives, sight for the blind, and freedom from oppression. The response of Jesus' friends and neighbors quickly turned from amazement to anger. They thought that they should have the ear and eye and heart of God before others. They would limit God's love, limit God's regard, limit God. Forgive our willingness to accept Jesus only on our own terms. May the church always be a place where barriers break, doors open, horizons broaden, and love spreads. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
January 17, Epiphany 2
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Unison Prayer
We are a gifted people, Lord, each of us equipped for ministry by the Holy Spirit. We are not bystanders or spectators. We are not advisers or consultants. We are servants. Help us to claim our gifts and offer ourselves for your work in the world. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Unison Prayer
We are a gifted people, Lord, each of us equipped for ministry by the Holy Spirit. We are not bystanders or spectators. We are not advisers or consultants. We are servants. Help us to claim our gifts and offer ourselves for your work in the world. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Monday, January 11, 2016
January 17, Epiphany 2
John 2:1-11
Prayer of Confession
O God, how often our lives are diminished because we expect so little of you. We love in small ways. We are slow to trust. We give ourselves when it is safe. Forgive us, we pray. Let us feel your grace filling us to the brim. Give us a large faith, a strong faith. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
O God, how often our lives are diminished because we expect so little of you. We love in small ways. We are slow to trust. We give ourselves when it is safe. Forgive us, we pray. Let us feel your grace filling us to the brim. Give us a large faith, a strong faith. Amen.
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