“O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.”
The Book of Common Prayer
Category Archives: Living Sunday School
The Prodigal SonS
“You are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.”
Do you have a few minutes?
Hi, Y’all. As I sit here with my coffee and my dogs watching the sunrise on this chilly morning, I’m reading the headlines and attempting to process all that is going on in this country. I know, these are big thoughts for a Friday morning but it’s how my brain works this time of day.Continue reading “Do you have a few minutes?”
Loving Kindness
What does it mean to be kind? When someone harms you by their behaviors and words, is it kind or nice to ignore it? I have recently been navigating a challenging relationship in which one person has lied about what I’ve said and another person chooses to believe their lies and aggressively confront me withContinue reading “Loving Kindness”
Sheep, Shepherd, Love
“O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer)
The Abundant Kingdom
“Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”
2023
We are, each and every human being, created by Love, to love and to be loved. And yet, that seems to be the first thing we forget as we learn to navigate this amazing gift of life we’ve been given. Somehow we write for ourselves a story in which we have to earn love, makeContinue reading “2023”
Not Even One Stone
A reflection for the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. The lectionary readings for today are here. There is much gloom and doom in the lectionary readings for today. And there is much joy and hope. Jesus says, “as for the things you are admiring, the time is coming when not even one stone will be uponContinue reading “Not Even One Stone”
Burials and Baptisms
A Sunday reflection for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost.The lectionary readings are here. In July, we’ve had two funerals and today we end this month with the baptism of a precious two-year old. Not an extraordinary set of events at a church, and yet these occasions are the times we pause and look at life,Continue reading “Burials and Baptisms”
Jesus, Don’t You Care?
A Sunday reflection.The lectionary readings for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost are here. My grandmother taught me about hospitality. It didn’t matter what time you showed up at her house or how many people there were, she laid out a feast. Now, granted this was back before there were entire tv networks devoted to tryingContinue reading “Jesus, Don’t You Care?”
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