O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;
For the wide sky and the blessed sun,
For the salt sea and the running water,
For the everlasting hills
And the never-resting winds,
For trees and the common grass underfoot.
We thank you for our senses
By which we hear the songs of birds,
And see the splendor of the summer fields,
And [...]

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Shane Claiborne do those of us who struggle to live the life of an ordinary radical a favor in their new book “Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals.”  In this inspirational feast of stories, prayers from church history, and biblical invitations to prayer this dynamic neo-monastic duo encourages [...]

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God of the promise
who liberates us from bondage
who brings us home from exile
who reconciles us in-spite of our estrangement
and is vulnerable in hope of embrace
May we find you
at work in our world
present in our relationships
calling us into your new life
We want to find
but not all of us do
give us the courage to seek
patience to endure
and [...]

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You know who you areYou made every living thing and are the source of all that is beautifulall that breathsall that growsall that comes into being be it through a Womb or a Word
You know who we areYou know we like to convince ourselves we know and instead our enlightenment createsall the [...]

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This was the first time I lead communion in my sweet robe and stole so I tried to come up with a liturgy that would break it in good. Here it is. I combined a Kenyan liturgy, the Didache, and some original material. Call To The Table
It is good and our delight [...]

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Creator, Scared Artist of life and beauty meet us here todayWe find ourselves gathered and reflecting on art and its role in our lives as your peopleLet us not be tempted to keep you disembodiedfor you came to us fully human and in the fleshLet us not be tempted to limit your revelation to mere [...]

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