May the God who called our father Abraham to journey into the unknown and guarded him and blessed him protect us too and bless our journey. May his confidence support us as we set out. May his spirit be with us on the way. May he lead us back home in peace. Those we...
“A new year has begun, O Lord, and again with the turning of the year we begin anew our pilgrimage toward Christmas. Our hearts as ever rejoice in the glad tidings of Christ who is born in Bethlehem to be the Savior of all the word. Yet with all our joy, and the long...
“Dear God, make calm the waves in this heart, make still that storm. Be calm, my soul, that God may rest in you. God’s peace wash over you. Dear God, grant us peace, peace that the whole world cannot wash away.” Soren Kierkegaard, A Book of Uncommon Prayer (2007)....
Gracious, loving and merciful God, on this Christmas Eve, as the light of your Word penetrates our hearts, as we are reminded of the gift of life and faith, as the glories of the heavenly hosts are echoed in our church, we open ourselves up to your Spirit and give you...
I am no longer my own but yours,Put me to what you willPut me to doing, put me to suffering.Let me be employed for you or laid aside for you.Let me be full, let me be empty.Let me have all things, let me have nothing.I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things to...
O Come let us worship and lift our hearts . . . Not because the world is good and last week was awesome, But because the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the God of the whole Earth. O Come let us worship and raise our hands . . . Not because our lives are...
