Published on The Presbyterian Outlook May 26, 2017 by Jill Duffield Almighty God, keep us from despair. Forbid that we become numb to violence and the suffering that comes in its vicious wake. We bow our heads again this today, remembering our brothers and sisters in Christ gunned down on their way to worship you.…
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. My father-in-law, who as a Christian identified primarily with the Catholic Church, loved gathering with the church no matter its branch of the…
It’s a new beginning, Lord, a new day, a new month, a new year: and I know that new beginnings come in different ways for different folks… So, I pray today for all who’ve longed, hungered and waited for a new year, eager to leave the past year behind… I pray for those who are…
Good morning, good God! Well, Lord, tomorrow I vote… And I was wondering, if YOU were a candidate – would you be elected? If you were running for office, Lord, I know how you’d campaign: fully, freely, with forgiveness… I’d know your agenda: a preferential love for the defenseless innocent, the poor, the marginalized, the stranger, the…
Sat down in a restaurant and the bartender asked, “Did you have a good day?” I said yes, but then wondered about what makes a day good? I know bad days are often made of “too much to do and no time to do it…” I know rough days are made of mistakes, mostly mine,…
“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.…
Loving God, In you we live and move and have our being; Guide and govern us today by your Holy Spirit, so that in all the opportunities, cares and occupations of our day we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
This weekend Rev. John DeBevoise spoke at the dedication of the new Chapel of Hope at Metropolitan Ministries; it’s a beautiful chapel to sustain faith in the midst of their campus where 100 homeless families (including 250 children) spent the night Thursday night. Thursday, Robert Shimberg and Andy May led the campus ribbon cutting. The whole…