Call to Confession: Too often, we ignore our need to be renewed, and our responsibility to be a renewing presence in the world... So please join me in the prayer of confession, printed in the bulletin, followed by a moment of silent reflection and … [Continue reading] about call to confession / declaration of grace: renewed
call/confession/assurance: we cannot see Jesus
Call to Reconciliation We close our heart's eye, and wonder why we cannot see Jesus. We wander down the same old paths, and are amazed that Jesus is not ahead of us. We speak and live in ways which keep us from being God's children. Ler us come to … [Continue reading] about call/confession/assurance: we cannot see Jesus
confession: if we’re honest…
You call us to love you with all our heart, all our mind, all our strength. But, if we’re honest, we don’t give you all we have. We hold back—because we aren’t worthy, because we are afraid, because we are selfish. We aren’t always sure what love … [Continue reading] about confession: if we’re honest…
prayer: when we fess up
Scribe of our Hearts: when we 'fess up to messing up our lives, you feed our souls with gritty resolve. When we are through playing in the puddles from sin's tempting showers, you douse us with your grace, wrapping us up in mercy's warm … [Continue reading] about prayer: when we fess up
CTW: each day
Each day is a gift from God: each moment is that opportunity to reach out in service to all creation. Each day is a reminder of the new covenant: not written on stone tablets easily broken, but inscribed on our hearts filled with joy and … [Continue reading] about CTW: each day
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