God of light, Your love shines in the darkness and leads us to peace. Your love shines in the darkness and leads us to reconciliation. Your love shines in the darkness and leads us to wholeness. Shine now within us. Illumine our hearts and minds, and make us attentive to your presence. Transform us by [...]

Good and gracious God, we give you thanks for gifts of life, for gifts of love and joy during this season, for gifts of comfort when we do not or cannot feel that joy, for gifts of healing and mercy, for gifts of patience and serenity, for gifts of hope as we prepare our hearts [...]

Almighty God of all creation, we join our voices to praise you today, singing of your wonders, giving thanks for your grace and care, and celebrating the joys of life you have blessed us with: family and friends; new relationships and deeper relationships; new life and transformed lives; reconciliation and restoration. On this day we [...]

I delivered this prayer today at Fourth Church’s noonday Holy Week worship service. The scripture text for the service was Hebrews 12:1-3. Gracious and loving God, In the journey of life, you are our guide and our companion. From our beginning to our end, you are there. You run this race alongside us, at times [...]

A prayer of confession from the 4:00 jazz service at Fourth Presbyterian Church on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The theme of the service was Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. God of grace, you invite us to a banquet, and we don’t even respond. You set us a place at the table, but we [...]