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a prayer
Image via Wikipedia A Prayer for Today | Everyday Liturgy O God, as rain melts back into the earth and sky,leaving not a trace on a hot summer day,so let my cares and worries be. O God, as the bear who does not want or consume all winter,but sits content, dreaming, waitingfor the first hints of Resurrection,so [...]
rhythm of life
I have observed in my reading and conversations over the past couple years that many people are struggling with the desire and draw to a “rule of living” or “order to life” but are strongly against anything that smacks of legalism (mostly because the people I talk to have left very rigid legalistic systems lacking [...]
Lord’s Prayer (remix) chant
I really like this. And it’s very easy to chant, just ascend a scale five tones, then back down, up, etc. Resources from Songs of a Revolution of Hope: 1. Our Father above us and all around us …2. May Your unspeakable Name be revered.3. Here on earth may Your kingdom come …4. On earth as in [...]
Come, Holy Spirit
(ht A Living Alternative) Come, Holy Spirit,bending or not bending the grasses,appearing or not above our heads in a tongue of flame,at hay harvest or when they plough in the orchards,or when snow covers crippled firs in the Sierra Nevada. I am only a human being: I need visible signs.I tire easily, building the stairway of abstraction.Many [...]
The Maasai Creed
We believe in one high God, who out of love created the beautiful world. We believe that God made good His promise by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, a man in the flesh, a Jew by tribe, born poor in a little village, who left His home and was always on safari [...]
Lorica of St. Patrick
Lorica of Saint Patrick I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial, Through the [...]
prophetic voices
…hang with me y’all, it’s not gonna get kooky My blog buddy hamo has a fantastic post that truly is inspired. We really have to stop this nonsense talk about taking the world for Christ when most of us don’t even know our own next door neighbours. And we need to stop expecting God [...]
An imperfect faith
Last year, I had a few friends going through some really difficult situations and were experiencing a lot of "where is God?" moments, and instead of trying to have all the answers, I felt it was more important to share my own doubts. So in the spirit of "I'm not perfect" that I started yesterday, I post it again for you today.