Cooking with Elsa

revised common lectionary

  • Pandemic Prayers for Returning to In-Person Worship

    I have hesitated to share any particular prayers for gathering together in-person again because it feels so unique to each circumstance. There is something particular about this experience. It involves a particular group of people. It is the unique story… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Returning to In-Person Worship

  • Pandemic Prayers for the Fourth of July

    I confess that I don’t really know the date. We have lived in this hotel for nearly a month now and I have lost all sense of time so that it was not evident to me that the calendar would… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for the Fourth of July

  • Pandemic Prayers for Proper 8B

    I love the healing stories in the Gospel of Mark. There are two in this pericope and the first part is my very favorite. It seems all the more poignant this year when we are reaching for possibility and trying… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 8B

  • Last Minute Pandemic Prayers for Proper 7B

    Though I am struggling to find a new normal, our world continues to turn. It has been announced that there is hope that the EU will open to American tourists leaving me to wonder if this is good news. Is… Continue reading

    Last Minute Pandemic Prayers for Proper 7B

  • Pandemic Prayers for Proper 6B

    We have been in Germany a whole week. In fact, it has been a week and a day now. I’m still not sleeping well as my tiny children adjust their bodies to a time zone a whole ocean away. These… Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 6B

  • 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

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 28

  • 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

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 27

  • 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

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 25

  • 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

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 24

  • 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

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 23