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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 28
As in the days before ballots were being counted, music is where my heart is led. I haven’t yet turned on the Christmas carols but I’m close. I’m really close. Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 27
As I continue to try to write these prayers ahead of the Lectionary cycle, I’m writing these prayers when early voting is still happening in the state of Texas among others. I’ve cast my ballot but I do not know… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 25
My constant refrain in these days is to bellow “what is time?” I think I might intend it as a joke when it shows up as a blue bubble reply in a text message chain, but I’m not really sure.… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 24
October brings celebrations in our house and so I’m working on planning ahead as you may have seen over on RevGalBlogPals last week. I shared prayers last week in their weekly Worship Words for this week’s worship including a Prayer… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 23
The President has the virus. In some capacity, we are all reacting to this. We are reacting to how he is responding to treatments. We are questioning our own faith as we try to summon prayers and compassion. Some of… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 21
It has been a bad week. Can we admit that? Can we conspire in that little bit of honesty? A lot of bad shit is happening. I’m not sorry for my language. I am mad and you’re probably mad too.… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Labor Sunday
This weekend celebrates the end of summer. It is one of those American holidays that is celebrated with backyard BBQs and family gatherings before school starts (or at least that was my norm as a child in the Northeast) without… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 14
This gorgeous reflection on 1 Kings 19:9-18 by Richard W. Swanson has got me thinking about silence. Silence feels all consuming right now. There is so much of it. Or, at least, there is for me. Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Easter 5A
I join the circle of preachers who have expressed their familiarity with this text at the graveside. It’s the Gospel Lesson I always choose when the family doesn’t steer me in another direction, not because of the many mansions or… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Easter 4A
After I posted the prayers last week, I felt awkward. I wondered if these prayers could speak to such a broad audience. I wondered if it was even possible to capture the vastness of this pandemic into a few words.… Continue reading
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