Monthly Archives: March 2021

Transgender Day of Visibility falls this year on Spy Wednesday

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Maren

Spy Wednesday is the church namefor this day in Holy Weekas it commemoratesthe meal when a person broke opena jar of precious perfumeand poured it over Jesus head,and Jesus said thiswould always be remembered –this brokenness, this gift, and the … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Nashville and the Storms in the South

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Maren

God, you are not in the stormsacross the southern United States,but you are with thosewho are cleaning up,sheltering those without homes,preparing for rebuilding. You are not in the flash flooding,but you sit beside those who grievelives lost in carsand a … Continue reading →

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Holy Communion Liturgy for April 4, 2021

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Maren

Some churches will be sharing Holy Communion through a virtual platform on Easter Sunday. Some host a hybrid sanctuary with some people in person and others online and hope that that those members of the congregation will not feel secondary. … Continue reading →

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Prayer from Aotearoa New Zealand for the Worldwide Week of Prayer for Covid-19

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Maren

WORLDWIDE WEEK OF PRAYER to mark one year of the COVID-19 pandemicMarch 22 – 27, 2021 I am grateful to Rosalie Sugrue for sending me this country-particular opening for this week of prayer from the Methodist Mission and Ecumenical The … Continue reading →

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Prayer for the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Maren

God, Counsellor, Prince of Peace,Allah, Ar Raheem, Al Wadud We pray for those who grievefifteen who have diedat the at the Balukhali camp,especially the children,and for those still searching. We pray for more than five hundredwho are injured,and those who … Continue reading →

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Prayers for Boulder, Colorado

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Maren

O Holy God, you have told usthrough the prophet Isaiahto come and buywine and milk, to eat what is goodand you ask us why we spend moneyfor that which is not bread –for bullets and for guns. And now we … Continue reading →

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40th Anniversary of Ordination

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Maren

It was last week. March 15. I remember the day so well … bitter cold in Church of the Covenant in Boston Massachusetts. I was uncomfortable with the formality, the awkwardness. I know I made people unhappy by saying “no … Continue reading →

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Prayer for New South Wales

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Maren

God who walks across the water,reach out your handto the people of New South Wales,where the rains continue,roads are flooded,dams broken, rivers swollen,families evacuated from their homes,where the Australian governmentnames sixteen national disaster sites,and rescue workers are at risk. Reach … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Songs of Afghan Women

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Maren

Across the world I hear the music rising,a protest in notes and hashtags and hope,as Afghan women claim,“I Am My Song”to overturn a ban on schoolgirls singing. I am old enoughto remember the Singing Revolutionthat freed the Baltic States,and my … Continue reading →

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Prayers for the Storms in the US South

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Maren

God who wakes with us in our boatsand holds the rudderagainst all our fears, who sits in our deep storm cellars,beloved homes on a slab,glass fronted businesses,mobile home communities,and never leavesthose who are unhoused alone, we pray for those in … Continue reading →

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