Starter Prayer: Liberating God, again and again our brains tell us we are in danger when in fact you are trying to save people. Help us let go of our questions about your methods and join you in the work. Focus Phrase: Overturn Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity has a loose connection to one of the […]

Starter Prayer: Liberating God, again and again our brains tell us we are in danger when in fact you are saving people. Help us let go of our questions about your methods and join you in the work. Focus Phrase: The urge to question In today’s reflection, Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity writes: Again and again, […]

Starter Prayer: God of new awakenings, help me see the things that you see as you sit with me at a table that oppression built. Focus Phrase: Values I can’t help but comment on “Flipping Tables,” the poem by Rev. Sarah Are on p. 19 of our devotional booklet.  I remember when I woke up […]

Starter Prayer: God who shows us the way again and again: May we fearlessly and with gratitude receive what we’ve already been given. Amen Focus Phrase: Taking Inventory This week we step in a new theme: Again and again, we are shown the way. Rev. T. Denise Anderson’s commentary on John 2:13-22 has some important […]

Starter Prayer: God of my rising and my falling, help me live according to my own rhythms, especially the elusive gifts of rest and renewal. Focus Phrase: Womb Time Today concludes the second full week of Lent and is the last day of the Listen theme.  I can’t remember when I first started thinking about […]

Starter Prayer: God of both light and darkness, help me appreciate all the movements of life with you. Give me deep connection in times of living, dying, rising, rest and renewal. Teach me about the beautiful protection in the gift of darkness. Focus Phrase: Beautiful Protection It’s sad how some Christian ways of thinking lead […]

Starter Prayer: God of hidden wisdom, cure me of the anxiety that keeps me speaking, arguing and justifying. Help me listen to, and receive direction from, Jesus. Give me a vision for this alternative way of being. Focus Word: Imagination Imagine you are Peter, who countered Jesus when Jesus tried to talk honestly about his […]

Starter Prayer: God who Shapes our Perspectives, we marvel at the beautiful Mind of Christ. Give us eyes to observe our limited beliefs and ears to hear truth from your Beloved Son. Focus Word: Divine Mindset Today we read Rev. Lauren Wright Pittmon’s description of her non-listening self. She explains what not-listening looks and sounds […]

Starter Prayer: God of Hard Truths that Set Us Free, keep me learning and growing in my ability to see things from your perspective Focus Phrase: Listen and Evolve Back in the day, when I was a youth group kid, we learned about the “hard truths” of Christianity. The truth focused on behavioral codes that […]

Starter Prayer: Christ Who Speaks Truth, May we listen to your Wisdom with better ears. Give us the courage to set aside the worn out arguments, excuses and flimsy self-protections. Show us something new– something too wonderful to dismiss. Focus Phrase: Listen To Jesus As we step into the second full week of Lent, I […]