Second, a prayer of confession:Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors,and we have no...
My prayer as we continue to be bombarded by all sorts of “stuff” is that we rest on the Almighty love and grace of God. We trust Jesus to shield us and He seeks to work all things for our good. Remembering as we go on the twists and turns of this journey who we are and Whose...
This prayer recently has been on my mind as pastors and congregations celebrated Pentecost, the Church’s birthday. Often we come to Pentecost, forgetting the context out of which the Holy Spirit came. The scriptural accounts of the days that followed Easter found in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Lu...