Call to Confession Like John the Baptist and like the Israelites, we often find ourselves in wildernesses. Sometimes, the toughest wildernesses are the ones we build ourselves. Join me in confessing the wild sin that so often takes over our … [Continue reading] about confession: in the wilderness
Prayer: prepare
God of our Lives, we prepare for every important event in our lives, weddings, funerals, baptisms, graduations, ordinations. Help us this day prepare for the most important event in our lives: the coming of your son to save us! … [Continue reading] about Prayer: prepare
CTW: lift up
Lift up your hearts, people of God, for the Lord has looked favorably upon us and is sending us his beloved son. He is raising up for us a mighty savior in the house of his servant David. God is showing the mercy promised to our ancestors, and … [Continue reading] about CTW: lift up
Prayers of the People: Advent 1
God of our beginning and our end, we confess to you that we live in a world that needs your mercy now more than ever. As we celebrate joyfully in anticipation of your coming son, we recognize that joy does not come as easily to everyone’s … [Continue reading] about Prayers of the People: Advent 1
opening prayer–southwest senses and seasons
Creator God, we thank you for the wide sky and the warm sun, for the bottomless lakes and the flowing rivers, for the massive mesas and the never-resting winds, for trees and for soil underfoot. We thank you for our senses, which let us hear wind … [Continue reading] about opening prayer–southwest senses and seasons
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