Christ the King, you are head over all things for the Church. May we worthily live as your body in our world. Work your great power in and through us. Bless Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; and Joseph, our vicar. We pray for the Church of Nigeria; and for the faith …
Over the last six to nine monthsI’ve come across some criticisms,some desire to throw outthe Creeds.To be fair,this has been long-simmering!It’s part of the reformation:there are confessional churcheswhose repository of beliefsis in various statements –confessions –their early adherents adopted.There are traditions,both conservative and liberal by today’s standards,whose forebears saw the Creedsas additions to the gospelor …
Creator God, we pray for the faithful in every land, wherever we worship and work in your name. Bless our clergy leaders, including Michael; Melissa; Brian; and Joseph, as well as all lay leaders. We ask your blessings on All Saints Goshen, who use our space to worship, and for recovery groups who are based …
FaithI want to write about Faith,About the way the moon risesOver cold snow, night after night.Faithful even as it fades from fulnessSlowly becoming that last curving and impossibleSliver of light Before the final darkness. But I have not faith myselfI refuse it the smallest entry.Let this then, my small poem,Like a new moonSlender and barely …
O God, we pray for your people in every place. Bless Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; Joseph, our vicar; and the person who will become the next bishop of Olympia. We pray for the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola; and for the faith communities of Christ Church, Seattle, and St. …
“Listen, Listen, Love, Love”
O God, we reverence the altars of your church, and ask to feel your presence here. Bless Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; Joseph, our vicar; and the person who will become the next bishop of Olympia. We pray for the Anglican Church of Mexico; and for the faith communities of St. …
In her primer on feminist theologycalled “Esther, Ruth, and Rahab” –which is explicit,so be warned if you look it up –Christian drag queen Flamy Grantsings in the refrain“Castaways who outlasted and outplayedAn immigrant ancestor to the incarnate divineEveryone has a star that lights their wayWe see our paths by someone else’s shineEsther, Ruth, and Rahab, …
Almighty God, you alone are holy, we pray for your church Inspire the souls of Justin the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael our Presiding Bishop, Melissa and Brian our Bishops, Joseph our vicar, and our wardens and Bishop’s Committee, the Bishop Search Committee, and the next Bishop of Olympia. May they meditate on your law day …
This is the email I didn’t send this week.It’s the one I wrote but didn’t sendto keep from adding anxiety to the system.It’s the one that a veteran who survived a period of homelessnessby living in his car in a church parking lotsaid was a sermon in a letterin the traditionof most of the New …