Liturgy We enter through these doors with hopes & fearsfrom our daily routines still clinging to our mindsand interwoven with our breath.Thank you God for the gentlenesswith which you carry our burdens,not asking that we discard them behind us,but calling us to place them before you in trust.We are pressed upon by powers and systemsthat feel both too great to […]
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Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.08.18
Liturgy Lord, the challenges of this world are very old,but to us, they feel ever-new, and alarming.Washed-up, bone-tired,we are thirsty forthe cool and steady wisdomyou offer from your cup.You walk up and down the streetcalling us to a feast,your very sacrifice the invitation,a foreign, tender mercyfor us to mull over.We enter your home now,to dwell in the place whereconfusion fades […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.08.11
Liturgy Jesus, friend,we walk through the doors todayheavy with the tolls of the week—its entropies and ecstasies,its griefs and mercies.Jesus, friend,come sit with us today.Some days, we confess,we are overwhelmed by the choices,the chaos that we sweep into our dustpansno sooner emptied than back on the floor.On days like those, our hearts break softlyfor a friend to walk with us.Jesus, […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.28
Liturgy God of heaven, you see what all of us need.You long to gather us like chicks under your wing.You offer comfort and protection, a place of rest.Thank you for giving us all that we need.God of earth, you see what the vulnerable need.You want to feed each of your lambs.You give sustenance to both body and spirit.Thank you for […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.21
Liturgy Heavenly Mother, Creator Above,What if we, your people in the hills,Can find no space for miracles?Our pasture turns to concrete,Our dreams to coal,Our songs misunderstood as our own elegy,Where are we to go?Lead us to the shore, Oh Lord.Reveal to us the abundance of your creation.We are ready to stand in faith.Jesus Christ, Radical Savior,What if we cannot find […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.14
Liturgy Joy comes with the morningThe kids are downThe dishes are awayOur pets stand guard(Or act like they do)Joy comes with the morningOur minds settle, or perhaps they begin their footmarchPerhaps our tears beginPerhaps we are a mother to our tearsAs the Psalms say,Weeping may tarry for the night,But joy comes with the morningLord, here’s to the anger,To the laughter,To […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.06.10
Liturgy For the dreams we chase, Lord you are constantWhen we fail to see the forest from the trees—Lord, you created them bothThe architect of bark, of stream, of meadow We reach out to you LordWith hands that are new and softAnd hands that are calloused and withered As we grow to reflect the divinity of your designThe oaks, the […]