Monthly Archives: April 2015

Prayer for Nepal, for Baltimore by Todd Jenkins

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Maren

Todd Jenkins who blogs over here and has a wonderful new book out Tuesday’s Muse 2 offers a prayer for people in the United States today. Lord, Have Mercy! For Nepal, her mothers and fathers, her siblings and babies, the … Continue reading →

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An Improv on Acts 8: 26-40

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Maren

The person traveling at speed between his people and those who are foreign, the person on cruise-control because her heart is scrolling the Bible app, the person who knows how to handle treasure because it has been entrusted to him, … Continue reading →

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Prayer from passion-words for Baltimore

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Maren

Matthew 26: 52-54; Luke 19: 41-42; Matthew 23: 37 God, I am hearing Jesus say — put away your swords and your cinder blocks and your fires, your looting malls, smashing cars, the burning of homes for elders, the wounding … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Nepal from Psalm 46

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Maren

God is refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Though the mountains shake in Nepal yet neighbors dig for neighbors — in the rubble of the Dharahara Tower, God is not in the trembling of tall Everest, of … Continue reading →

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Psalm for the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Maren

    Refection on Psalm 137 By the rivers of every country today we shall sit down to weep as we remember Armenia. If we forget the genocide there – the deaths of intellectuals, the burnings and drownings, executions and … Continue reading →

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Wisdom From The Wheel

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Maren

“How many thousands of hours have I spent over the course of my life just trying to get myself centred?” asks R. Matthew Stevens of Corunna, Ontario. in this essay about retirement from ministry. His answers? Not from a car … Continue reading →

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Twenty-third Psalm for Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Maren

God makes all of us — shepherds, stewards, gardeners, so none of God’s children or creatures need be in want. God gives us lying down places of green pasture, rainforest, delta, desert, high mountain, deep canyon, and paths by arroyo, … Continue reading →

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Improv on Psalm 131 for migrants of the Mediterranean

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Maren

Out of the depths they cry to you, O God. and they cry to us – the world, not just Italy, not just Greece. You who walked on water, and stilled the storm — hear these voices from Gambia and … Continue reading →

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Earth Day or Earth Celebration Liturgy

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Maren

     Call to worship (Mt 10:40-42) One voice: Welcome to our service of worship. When we welcome one another, we welcome Christ. Response: When we give a cup of water to a single child, we welcome Christ. One voice: … Continue reading →

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Peace to you … prayer based in Luke 24: 36-43 from Mexico

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Maren

Joel Eli Padron Ibanez is in translation by Robert Jordan, thanks for the very good graces of Red Crearte. In our midst – “Peace to you” Jesus – Living God, you appeared to your disciples after the resurrection and said: … Continue reading →

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