Author Archives: atwinfather

Help us to find ways to make others know we love them, O God.  May we seek to change the narrative of suspicion and anxiety toward others to one that welcomes and embraces the stranger in our midst.  Help us to be grateful for all that we have and generous in what we share withContinue reading “Prayer for December 20, 2025”

For many, today is the last day before Christmas break and a couple days into Hanukkah.  May we take the time to remember the significance of the feasts we celebrate.  Let us honor not only the tradition but the intent and importance of what they mean.  Allow us to take the respite that often isContinue reading “Prayer for December 19, 2025”

We seem to be living in a time of escalating tensions, O God.  May we find ways to step back from what seems like the brink of chaos and reset ourselves.  May we look more at what great things can happen when we work toward a loving world and try to lessen the anxiety thatContinue reading “Prayer for December 18, 2025”

What I hope, O God that encourages us to be greater than we can ask or I imagine, is that I will dream that big.  May I see the possibilities that are before both me and those around me and find something special.  When opportunities present themselves, help me to make those ministries that meanContinue reading “Prayer for December 17, 2025”

Praying for a Saul moment, a forceful event that changes how we are living our lives.  Right now, O God, we have too many people holding peoples coats while other people are being stoned for following your call to love you and one another.  May something happen that will change the tide that we areContinue reading “December 16, 2025”

Today, I am praying for all the people who are being threatened and attacked for their faith.  May we work to make this world follow the message that is found in most major religions and seek to focus on what we agree is paramount to them. May we learn to love one another as manyContinue reading “Prayer for December 15, 2025”

As of today, there have been 389 mass shootings in America this year and last night two young people were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting at a university.  Help us, O God, to get over our inability to take action to prevent these shootings and to make it harder forContinue reading “Prayer for December 14, 2025”

O God, help us to be as aware of the burdens that others are carrying and to also know that we may never know them.  Let us give others the benefit of the doubt and to treat everyone with dignity.  May we be as quick to apologize as we are to forgive.  May we beContinue reading “Prayer for December 13, 2025”

It is easy to be overwhelmed by stresses of this season, Comforting God.  May we look out of others who may be under stress, and do our best to limit it for them. May those who are dealing with anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses find support and comfort from the world around them. BeContinue reading “Prayer for December 12, 2025”

Help me to see what I am missing, O God. I know I am easily distracted and sometimes don’t pay attention to people around me as well as I should.  May I take the time to give attention to those around me.  May I also be ready to greet those who simply walk by meContinue reading “Prayer for December 11, 2025”