Covenant-making God, you use every possible means to reach us, breathing your Spirit in us, calling us by name, showing us symbols of your promise, offering us a new way of life. We confess that our hearts are hardened. We choose certainty over … [Continue reading] about confession: hardened hearts
Confession: take our branches
Covenant-making God, you enter into our lives in ways we could not have expected. Sometimes, we confess, we think you are making a fool of yourself and us. We cannot see how your way can work, or be right, because it is so contrary to all our … [Continue reading] about Confession: take our branches
Assurance: covenant making God
(This is an adaptation of the Lent B Call to Worship, to be useable as an assurance of forgiveness on Palm Sunday if constructing the symbol cross as noted here. You should not print the instructions for the blocks—they are for your reference as … [Continue reading] about Assurance: covenant making God
Communion: reality was thirsty
Our souls long to give you thanks and praise, O God, just as the deer longs to quench its thirst in springs of water. When reality itself was thirsty for you, Living God, you poured out the living water of your presence; through day and night, … [Continue reading] about Communion: reality was thirsty
Confession: we don’t know what to confess
Call to Confession Sometimes we must let go of our nets in order to follow Jesus. Let us confess our reluctance to follow, and examine what we must let go of in order to follow Jesus. Prayer of Confession We confess that we do not often know … [Continue reading] about Confession: we don’t know what to confess
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