Greetings, “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” - John 20:21-22 Pentecost is this Sunday, when we celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit. In the Gospel of John, Jesus breathed on the disciples and the Holy Spirit renewed them. John Van de Laar wrote this beautiful prayer about that moment and the renewing presence of the Spirit. htt

Greetings! “Trust in God at all times, O people; pour out your heart before God, who is a refuge for us.” - Psalm 62:8 Throughout the last several weeks, I have shared many different ways to pray with you. Prayer is the foundation of our relationship with God. There are more ways to pray than I could ever write about. Today I want to share one last type of prayer: voicing the desires of our hearts. Psalm 62 calls it “pouring out your heart before God.” In this prayer we

Greetings! “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the human whom he had formed.” - Genesis 2:8 As Victoria Day approaches, many of us are preparing to get our hands dirty in our gardens. Here is a prayer from Worship Words to bless your work tilling the soil, pulling weeds, and participating with God in cultivating beauty and delicious food. (https://worshipwords.co.uk/liturgy-for-blessing-gardens-and-gardeners/) Creating God, you have give

Greetings! “My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.” - Psalm 63:5-7 For a long time I would pray compline prayers before bed. There is a prayer in Phyllis Tickle’s Divine Hours Pocket Edition that I prayed every night, even after I ceased to pray the full compline prayers. It’s

Greetings! “When I called, you answered me—you made me bold and strong of heart.” - Psalm 138:3 One of the ways we can pray is with memorized prayers. Over the next few weeks I will share with you a few of the prayers I have memorized over the years. The prayer today is the Prayer of Courage from Padraig O Tuama’s Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, pg. 5. Courage comes from the heart and we are always welcomed by God the heart of all being. We bear witnes