A Prayer for Ferguson

Last night, I sat in front of my television until after midnight.  I watched with a mixture of disbelief and disgust the unbelievable story of Ferguson.  There have been conflicting reports as to who initiated last night’s confusion whether with molotov cocktails from the protesters or tear gas from the police officers.  At this point, I […]

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A Prayer for Pentecost Today

“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them and a tongue rested on each of them. […]

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A Second Prayer for George Zimmerman

Not guilty. This is the verdict in the murder trial of George Zimmerman concerning the death of seventeen year old high school student Trayvon Martin.  While I am surprised that he was not found to be at fault for any of his actions on February 26, 2012, I am hopeful that this demonstration of social […]

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On this National Day of Prayer

On this National Day of Prayer, I am thinking about the hands that I may never hold, not because I am not reaching out but because the person that I am reaching for does not like its social coloring.  We pray to the same God but we may never pray together.  As siblings, we ask […]

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A prayer for the deed that cries to be done

“Give us grace, O God, to dare to do the deed which we well know cries to be done.  Let us not hesitate because of ease or the words of men’s mouths or our own lives.  Mighty causes are calling us– the freeing of women, the training of children, the putting down of hate and […]

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