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Tag Archives: Gun tragedy
Prayer for Miami / Dade County
How long, O God, how long?And shall I just have one prayer,and put new names in every day? No, Holy One, as long as I canI will lift upthe ones who died at El Mula Banquet Hall,those injured, some critically, … Continue reading
Prayer for San Jose
Surround, O God, with light – those who grieve their lossesat the Light Rail Yards in San Jose,those who had no chanceto save good-bye,those who will nothave them as neighbors, mentors,grandparents, friends,those whose arms are empty. Surround, O God, with … Continue reading
Regarding Sacrifices — Guest Post by Carol Hallman
I am grateful to Carol Hallman for sharing her poem. In the silence After the shotThe pungent smell Of gunfire and deathRagged Breath of the dying Blood Spilling intoThe streets Siren’s fillingThe air Crying sobbing Sorrow anger Just a new … Continue reading
From Matthew 26:52 for Orange, California
Then Jesus said to us, “Put your guns away;for a society that takes up guns will perish by them.” On this Maundy Thursday,O foot-washer, bread-breaker,One who feeds even a betrayer,singer of a hymnsleepless pray-er, we read the small holy week … Continue reading
Prayers for Boulder, Colorado
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
Prayer after the shootings in Atlanta
God, more acquaintedwith massage parlors than churches,we know that you were therein Atlantaamong those who lost their lives.This was your hour, your sorrow,your accompanying each oneinto the passingthat aligns with their faith. We mourn the gifts they will not shareand … Continue reading
Prayer for Rockford, Illinois
Emmanuel, we know you are with usin our work and our rest,in our holiday spiritsand our pandemic stresses, but we did not anticipate this,a new gun tragedy,where playing at a bowling alleyand picking up take-out food,the simplest weekend pleasures,led to … Continue reading
Prayer after the Nova Scotia Shootings
God, in a time of viral death we are unprepared for violent death in a time when we are taught that staying-at-home is safest, we are shocked by invasion of home, and death on the city street, and what is … Continue reading
Prayer for Milwaukee
God, we pray for those who lost a friend, a family member, a colleague — someone, who silenced the alarm clock woke-up, ate breakfast, said good-bye, and went to work at Molson Coors Brewery and was shot to death. We … Continue reading
Prayer after the shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ
O Holy One, whose house should be a house of prayer and not a place of violence, tenderly gather those who grieve in Texas this day into your loving embrace. Hold in our remembrance those who died protecting others. Be … Continue reading
