Delving into the uncertainties of life with enthusiastic curiosity
God of the universe, Whoever you are, Whatever you are, Why ever you choose to hear this ....or palaver with us at all, We thank you for this bird, bean, and root. We suspect that you created the earth ....from which it came ....and sustained the soil from which it grew. Though we are perplexed... Continue Reading →
Tireless God You engage this wrestling soul You immobilize me, swift with every counter. At war with You, I am outmatched, outnumbered, outmaneuvered, outranked I am an outlier. I sit on the periphery, The scent of fear on my breath The flame of your fire reflects upon my cheek, But I remain too far to... Continue Reading →
If you've ever experienced the thrill ride known as "Selling A House While You Still Live In It With Two Small Children," then you know what kind of day we had on Sunday. We had three showings, spread throughout the day. This is our first time selling a house and it was our first weekend... Continue Reading →
Good and Gracious Father, As we blunder our way through the early stages parenthood, we find that doubt clings to us like sandspurs on our shoes. But even our uncertainty cannot keep Jude from growing brighter every day. We see a raw, unfiltered joy in him that could only come from You. So we thank... Continue Reading →
Hope-Giving God, We count our years that we might remember where we have been what have we done how close we are to death But we know that you don't have a calendar on your wall You simply remember us and you know us We count our years that we might get lost in days... Continue Reading →
My wonderful wife gave me a 1920s vintage typewriter for Christmas, so I've used it on this post. I created it entirely on the typewriter, so there was no margin for going back and rebuilding an entire sentence or paragraph. It came out somewhat stream-of-consciousness, but here is my Christmas prayer:
I won't have much time to write over the next few days, but want to say out loud that I am deeply thankful for the abundant measure of love that I have in my wife and son. I've been given so much and I long to cultivate more gratitude to overcome attitudes of complaint and... Continue Reading →
God of Peace, I'm sitting here perfectly still, but not. I am pulled outward, like the spinning of a top. Is that You, who applies this centrifugal force to my inner man? Is that You, who stirs up restlessness within me? Is this your way of calling me inward, to pray? Is this your way... Continue Reading →
Lord God, who created mountains with words, and moves those mountains with our faith, We confess that our faith is small; we haven't moved ourselves, much less any mountains. So we wonder if we even have the mustard seed in our hearts? Be the sower of this faith seed in us, then it will take... Continue Reading →
God of glory, Show us the mercy of light when all we see is shadow Though we sometimes compare our valley of shadow to another and become ashamed Though we sometimes create our own shadows by shutting our eyes Though we sometimes prefer darkness Show us the mercy of light Your light is revelation, which... Continue Reading →
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