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Abusers
Kaji Douša
The most effective prayers for abusers are offered from the strength garnered with distance. Pray with your cheek far from the strike and find your strength.
Homeless
Donna Schaper
Congregations are soup kitchens for the spiritually hungry, shelters for the spiritually homeless, nests for the baby bird in all of us.
Sin and Sickness
Kenneth L. Samuel
God let your deliverance be manifested in our decisions. Amen.
Your Will?
Tony Robinson
Sometimes people are skeptical that we can ever really know God’s will. But maybe the real problem is that, if we ask, we don’t like the answers we get.
Trading Guilt for Grace
Marchaé Grair
Divine One, extend your grace to me and help me extend that same grace to myself. Amen.
Do Not Fret (Easy for You to Say)
Talitha Arnold
Trust. Do good. Take delight. Commit to God’s way. Take the next step, and trust that God is with you.
Handle Your Business
Marilyn Pagán-Banks
The work of restorative justice teaches us that we can and should take the time to hear one another, to acknowledge any harm done and all hurt experienced, to create space to be held accountable, and to do the work necessary to restore the relationship.
Actively Waiting
John A. Nelson
Even now, while the mess and muddle seem to reign supreme, the Holy One is carrying the day.
Make Me a Living Blessing
Ashley Harness
Holy One, help me remember I am blessed so that I might be a living blessing.
A Simple Question
Emily C. Heath
I wonder what Jesus would ask congregations who have been kicking the metaphorical can down the road for years and years, bemoaning a culture that has passed them by, blaming a changing world for declining membership. “Do you want to get well?”