A Breath Prayer for Pentecost

I posted this on facebook this morning and meant to post it to the blog as well – enjoy Tomorrow is Pentecost – this prayer was written as I contemplated the Holy Spirit breathed into us by Jesus (Jn 20:22) Spirit of God may we breathe in and hold your love within us May we [...]

Faith Transforms the Earth into A Paradise – Wisdom from Jean Pierre de Caussade

Last week my good friend Tom Balke sent me this quote from 18th century French Mystic Jean Pierre De Caussade. (1675 – 1751). “God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.” His classic writings in Abandonment to Divine Providence express the belief that his belief that the present moment is a sacrament from God [...]

Is Failure Always Bad?

This morning I had hoped that we would have good news to share about a potential grant for the Cascadia project. Unfortunately that is not so. Our grant application was rejected and so we are in re-imagining mode. Is this really bad news though? Not surprisingly, this morning I have been thinking about failure and [...]

How Much Time Do You Spend on the Porch? Wisdom From Barbara Brown Taylor

Here in Seattle we are enjoying glorious spring weather with lots of sunshine and warm days. The temptation to sit outside and just soak in the glory of God’s creation is overwhelming at times. Trying to work on my book Return to Our Senses: Reimagining How We Pray, seems like a total distraction, so I was delighted [...]

Prayers for the Journey

Here is my weekly round up of prayers that I have posted on facebook. If you want to read these as they are posted each morning you can like the Light for the Journey page May all things today draw us closer to Christ May the love of God bubble up from within us And [...]

Prayers for The Journey

This weekly roundup of facebook prayers has been fun for me to review – not hard to tell that I am writing a book on prayer as an exercise in love —————————————————— My good friend Tom Balke just sent me this link to “pray as you go”. It is a beautiful meditative prayer (takes about [...]

Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name of the Lord by Richard Brown

Palm/Passion Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a/50:4-6 IV, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 14:1-15, 47/14:1-15, 51, Mark 11: 1-11/11:1-13 IV This post was written by Rich Brown a freelance writer, editor, and publisher specializing in religion. It was first posted on his blog Forewords as Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord. Here we are, once more, just days away [...]

Good Friday Prayer 2012

Today we walk with Christ in the dark shadow of the Cross, Knowing we have weighed him down, Our burdens crushed his shoulders, His suffering is for us, For us he willingly endured death. May we trust in God alone, And walk the way of the Cross together, Let us move forward without fear into [...]

Righteousness in Short Supply – by Jon Stevens

Today’s reflection in the series Easter Is Coming What Do You Hunger and Thirst For, comes from Jon Stevens proprietor of the Open Gate Farm on Camano Island ——— Righteousness seems in short supply these days.  You know the kind.  The kind we’re supposed to be hungering and thirsting for.  Folks seem to be getting wrapped around [...]

All Glory Laud and Honour – Traditional Hymn for Palm Sunday

The traditional hymn for Palm Sunday is All Glory Laud and Honor. I love to parade around the church waving palm fronds and singing these beautiful words. I thought that those of you who are unfamiliar with this hymn might appreciate this version with the lyrics provided. And for those of us that are familiar [...]