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  • Pandemic Prayers for Palm Sunday

    I have been so lucky to write prayers in this season that I know have been a blessing. Some of you have kindly commented and encouraged me. Some have messaged me and thanked me personally. Others have commissioned me to… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Palm Sunday

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

    We began the new year with Jeremiah. It was the same chapter even though it was a few verses earlier. There was still the invitation to remember and hold onto what might be coming. We are still in that space… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Fourth Sunday of Lent

    I’m thinking about my own prayer life a lot right now. I’m wondering about how I’m caring for the tender part of my soul that needs to grieve and sing and wonder — and it’s hard. It’s hard to find… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Fourth Sunday of Lent

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Third Sunday of Lent

    I am trying to spend some time working on Holy Week things this week but I will confess I don’t think that I have ever preached on the Ten Commandments but opted to skip over it. It never felt like… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Third Sunday of Lent

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Second Sunday of Lent

    I really relate to Abraham falling on his face. I don’t think that has anything to do with the pandemic but the simple fact that I’m always tripping over myself. I am my own worst critic. I am endlessly hard… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Second Sunday of Lent

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Return of Lent

    I do not feel ready for this season to arrive. I know that it will be different. It will be less disciplined but no less introspective than every other day since that first case changed our whole lives. There is… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Return of Lent

  • Pandemic Prayers for Transfiguration Sunday

    I love the transformation on this mountaintop. I love it so much but it feels different this year as we wait for what will be. We are waiting for what will come. We are hoping that transformation will come but… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Transfiguration Sunday

  • Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 5

    The other night I read such encouraging words from the editors of the New York Times reminding us again that we shouldn’t get caught up in the ineffectiveness of the vaccine. It’s not even infections that scientists are worried about… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 5

  • Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 4

    Healings just feel like a weird thing to explore right now. Many of us are refreshing our browsers wondering when we can get in line to get the vaccine. Or we are eagerly seeking out that first dose for a… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 4

  • Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 3

    I am really excited when poetry takes the national stage. I was surprised when it happened in the beginning of the pandemic. Major news outlets started sharing poems chosen by their editors to speak this moment. Poetry became popular while… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 3