The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
After a long days drive to be home
What a wonderful wedding weekend with friends
As I look to the week ahead, Lord
We pray for yet more victims of senseless hatred and gun violence
Lord, this land needs healing only you can give
Literally teach us to beat swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks
Give this nation the courage to put down weapons and learn the way of nonviolence
Grant us all moments to Be Still
For the good of all of your children I pray
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. It always seems impossible until it is done.”—Nelson Mandela
“Until our very minds and hearts are freed from violence, freed from the need to scapegoat anybody or create victims anywhere, we will not reach any kind of ‘New Creation.’”—Alain Richard
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It was an interesting day of driving
Spring break traffic was insane but we survived it
We did manage to enjoy a delightful late lunch near the hotel
We had a lovely evening at a wedding
It was an honor to officiate at the wedding of the youngest daughter of dear friends
What a wonderful time to celebrate love
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…
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
A wonderful morning simply chilling out at home
A good drive down to the Gulf Coast
An evening with dear friends/family
Rehearsing for a wedding tomorrow
Relaxing now with my sweetheart and our puppy
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…
“Dialogue starts with the willingness to challenge our own thinking; to recognize that any certainty we have is at best a hypothesis about the world.”—Peter Senge
Verse of the day “Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
I am exalted in the earth.”
– Psalm 46:10
Voice of the day
Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world. – Oswald Chambers
Prayer of the day Lord, during this busy life, give us times of refreshment and peace. May we use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our spirits may be opened to the goodness of your creation. – Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer
“When we pause between activities or moments in our day, we open ourselves to the possibility of discovering a new kind of presence to the ‘in-between times.’ When we rush from one thing to another, we skim over the surface of life losing that sacred attentiveness that brings forth revelations in the most ordinary of moments.”
— Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
What if we built in these thresholds between our daily activities, just for a few minutes to intentionally savor silence and breath?
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
Another full day of work
Training on Zoom and meeting colleagues in ministry
Worship planning and preparation
Even finding time to Be Still
Sharing a time of midweek evening worship with congregants
Relaxing with my sweetheart and our puppy
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…
“When the enemy is seen as human, everything changes. That reconciling method of dialogue—where mutual respect overcomes fear, and thus war—is again regarded as heretical in our dominant political theology.”—James W. Douglass
