Dear Lord, You have called us to be witnesses. You who hold the cosmos in your hand are the One who has called us. Let us heed your voice. You have called us to be witnesses. This is not some future event but a done deed. Let us heed your voice. You have called us to be witnesses. You have not...

Dear Lord, Come to us behind our locked doors, that you may unbind whatever holds us back and send us forth in mission. Come to us in our fear, that you may release us from all that terrifies us and send us forth in good courage. Come to us in our doubts, that you may create in us faith and...

Blest are you, Lord Jesus who came to us a little child 
one of us, flesh and blood to share in our humanity For God so loved the world ALL: That all might have eternal life. Blest are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as carpenter and yet in whose creative hands a world was fashioned For God...

Dear Lord, Keep us with you as you enter the gates greeted by cheers. Keep us with you as you teach and talk and debate and overturn. Keep us with you as you sup and pray. Keep us with you as you give yourself and hurry the others away. Keep us with you as you stand accused with none to defend...

Dear God, Remember not our faults and failures but your faithfulness. Remember not how we broke your commands and covenants but the love with which you made and gave them. Remember not our disappointments and downfalls but your delight in your children. Remember not our sin and shortcomings...

Lord God, For love so deep, so broad, so high we give you thanks. Asking that when we meet fear we might respond with courage. That when we face judgment we might respond with mercy. That when we run up against cruelty we might respond with gentleness. That when we encounter resistance we...