Tag Archives: Natural disaster

Prayer for Quito, Ecuador

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Maren

God, we pray for all your people of Quitoin the aftermath of the landslidethrough the streets of the capital. Tenderly hold those who grievetheir sudden terrible losses. Strengthen those who carefor the hospitalized,especially those in critical condition. Give courage to … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Boulder County Fires

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Maren

God, whose voice is like a dying-down wind,whose love is like snow falling on fire,whose tenderness always reachesfor the unhoused and the home-less,we pray for Colorado. We pray for Boulder and Louisville,for Superior and Lafayette,for Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton.We pray for … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Central America – Hurricane Iota

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Maren

God, who lets us track no storm alone,we pray for Central America,already devastated by Eta,and facing Iota’s winds and floods. We pray for Honduras and Nicaragua,battered again today,with more loss and mudslidesand the dangers of shelters in pandemic,and we pray … Continue reading →

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Prayer from Storm and Heat

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Maren

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. (Isaiah 25: 4a) God, from our summer of storms we pray. We … Continue reading →

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Prayer for those facing Hurricane Laura

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Maren

God, all of their names are written on your hands, not just in a ziploc bag in their pockets. We pray for those who are evacuated – for their fears of the virus in the closeness of shelters and their … Continue reading →

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Prayer a week after the Derecho in the Midwest

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Maren

God, where tears are wept for those who have died and crops to feed the nation have been torn from the ground, where roads are unsafe, homes broken, and power not yet restored for hundreds of thousands, we pray, as … Continue reading →

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In the Days of Hurricane Dorian

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Maren

God, you speak from the siren of first responders and not the whirlwind. You comfort mourners in the Bahamas and those who sift through loss of home and business after the storm stayed and stayed over the islands and you … Continue reading →

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Prayers of intercession for India and China

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Maren

Psalm 137 for India By the waters of Kerala and Karnataka, of Maharashtra and Gujarat of Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, of Goa and Andhra Pradesh, we sit down and weep for those who grieve their dead, for those in … Continue reading →

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Prayer for the aftermath of Hurricane Michael

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Maren

God, wherever two or three are gathered together waiting in a line at a grocery store – ten allowed in at a time — nothing fresh, or hoping for gasoline, wondering when the roof, the walls, the torn up floor … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Hurricane Michael

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Maren

Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 God, to forecasters and first responders across the panhandle, the Big Bend, the west coast — give wisdom. to restaurant owners with boards on their windows … Continue reading →

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