The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
Another day of ministry and preparation
Preparing for a memorial service on Saturday
Preparing for worship on Sunday
At the end of the day a wonderful opportunity to meet with a very special small group over Zoom
Preparing for the trip back to Minnesota for Dad’s Care Conference
Sometimes I want to be like Pixie… burrowed under the covers
Now as thunder crashes and lightning flashes, poor Pixie is nervous
So we snuggle together in bed
Soon my eyelids will grow heavy
Right now I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”—Kurt Vonnegut
| Verse of the day I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. – Ephesians 3:18-19 |
| Voice of the day You are loved, someone said. Take that / and eat it. – Mary Karr, “Disgraceland” (2004) |
| Prayer of the day You shine so finely, it surpasses understanding. God hugs you. You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God. – Hildegard of Bingen |
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long day, Lord
A day filled with some darkness
Also a day filled with your light
Pixie seems to be recuperated from her visit to the vet for a shot
She spent the afternoon and evening on the couch
She really misses her Mommy and I do too
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.”—Sarah Dessen
“Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.” — St. Clare of Assisi
Verse of the day
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
– Proverbs 24:27
Voice of the day
If they are to be the people of God, Christians have to first become a people — that is, a network of living communities working out their understandings, planning their courses of action, and organizing themselves for action.
– Leonardo Boff & Clodovis Boff, translated by Paul Burns, Introducing Liberation Theology (1987)
Prayer of the day
Creator God, make us into your people; help us make plans and work together to build the Beloved Community.
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
I am thankful for parishioners who reach out
I am thankful for opportunities to Be Still
I am thankful for an evening spent with Howard Thurman and Thomas Merton
From a sermon of Howard Thurman: I will not let you keep me from loving you. I will not give you that power.
And from Thomas Merton’s Day of a Stranger: What I wear is pants, what I do is live, how I pray is breathe.
Help me to love and to breathe dear Lord
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
| Verse of the day People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.” – Luke 18:15-16 |
| Voice of the day The great events of this world are not battles and elections and earthquakes and thunderbolts. The great events are babies, for each child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged with humanity, but is still expecting goodwill to become incarnate in each human life. – Marian Wright Edelman, “Standing Up for Children” (2003) |
| Prayer of the day God, as we send our children back to school, help us to love and respect and act now to protect them all. – Prayer adapted from Marian Wright Edelman |
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long day, Lord
Filled with meetings and worship preparations
Today I was with a family as they began their walk through the Valley of the Shadows
It has been a while yet I knew it would come
Exhausted and ready for sleep I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
