Nurturing God, who gathers us up like a mother hen, today we give thanks for those who make Mothers’ Day a happy day, and we pray for those whom Mothers’ Day is not a happy day– For children who mourn mothers, For mothers who mourn children, For people who yearn to conceive but cannot, For [...]
While preparing a service with the main scripture being John 11:1-44 (the death and resurrection of Lazarus) I could not find many hymns I liked. So I wrote my own. You can download the hymn lyrics here. The tune is SLANE and is most famous for “Be Thou My Vision.” The hymn is titled “Lazarus [...]
A Prayer for Chardon High School Oh, God, not another one… More teenage lives shattered by violence. Three dead. More hurt, “critical condition” they say. Whatever that means. And one life shattered by being violent. You can hear the echoes of pain in the news reports– how there were signs, warnings, unheeded. But honestly, there’s [...]
After reading the post on what to do when something turns your world upside down, @queernetic asked what do you do when it’s a person, not a circumstance, that upends your world. Wow, what a huge question. My mind is flooding with all the possibilities that could lead to a person turning your world upside [...]