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Today marks Heather’s and my 26th anniversary.  I am so fortunate to be married to the love of my life.  I have been fortunate to have many people who express unconditional love to those we meet, and I married one of those amazing people. O God of Love.  Thank you for giving us people who love us. As weContinue reading “Prayer for July 22, 2021”

O God, Creator of all, may we honor your creation this day and every day.  The world you have created provides us with so much and we need to take only what we need and allow for its regenerative abilities to sustain our world. Help us to recognize when our actions create damage that cannot beContinue reading “Prayer for July 21, 2021”

Let this day be filled with your love, O God.  Allow us to begin it with the expectation that we will go out of our way to let others know we care about them. When we are given the opportunity to serve those we meet, may we do it without question.  May we respond to those weContinue reading “Prayer for July 20, 2021”

May I see this day from the eyes of a child, O God.  Let me laugh like an infant who has just discovered what it is to feel and share extreme joy.  Give me the imagination of a toddler who is beginning to build castles and make up words that no one understand but themselves.  Allow me toContinue reading “Prayer for July 19, 2021”

Sabbath God, may I use the time I spend in prayer today with my fellow worshippers celebrating the gifts you have given me.  Let me be filled with your spirit and release all the worlds challenges so that I can see clearly the path you have set before me.  May I use this day to recharge myContinue reading “Prayer for July 18, 2021”

Creating God, you continue to create in us imaginations that allow new things to come into being.  Thank you for giving us writers whose imaginations help us make visions of the stories we read come alive making it incredibly real.  The musicians whose music allow us to feel and express emotions at so many levels.   The artists whoContinue reading “Prayer for July 17, 2021”

Healing God, everyday there are people who are headed to medical tests or waiting for answers from them.  Be with those who are in that time of waiting anxiously for results.  May the doctors, nurses and all who care for patients be given not only a healing touch but the empathy to help those they serve beContinue reading “Prayer for July 16, 2021”

Ever-present God, we know that there are times when we doubt and struggle to recognize your presence.  Those are some of our darkest times and while we logically know in our deepest recesses that you are there, that doubt can become pervasive.  In those times may we notice you in the little things and let that recognitionContinue reading “Prayer for July 15, 2021”

God of Peace, help us as we live in a time where there seems to be anger and anxiety.  May we look for ways to come together with our neighbors and those who live lives in ways that are not the same.  May we learn from the heritage, culture and lives of strangers.  Let us see the beautyContinue reading “Prayer for July 14, 2021”

Today is the lesser feast day of Jeremy Taylor, who was described as the “Shakespeare of Divines” for his writings. It is appropriate that one of his writings was a set of prayers. Golden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and letanies . . . (1655)it can be found at this link http://anglicanhistory.org/taylor/golden/prayers.html O God of all Creation, weContinue reading “Prayer for July 13, 2021”