Prayer of Changes

Prayer of Changes

Today, I am ready to change.  No more resistance.  No more clinging and clutching. Everywhere, all the time, life changes, even when I don’t like it, even when I don’t want it.  Try as I might, I know I can’t stop these changes. So, I am giving the struggles to God,...
Autumn Prayer

Autumn Prayer

Today, on this first day of autumn, leaves swirl from trees. Our sign of changes to come. Change, again. Constant change in a world spinning fast. September nearly finished, and we catch our breath.   While we are too harried to keep up And too anxious to...
Face the Change

Face the Change

Early September, and already yellow leaves appear amidst a green tapestry.  Air is cooler, crisper here, in the morning, and skies are darker, too.  September already, we say.  Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas wait in the wings. It’s this way, more or less, every...
Face Everything and Rise

Face Everything and Rise

A reference website I use sometimes runs ads along its margins.  One has a caption which asks, “Will 2018 bring change?” and shows a young woman staring into space.  She reminds me of my younger self in Washington, D.C., several years ago when a new administration...
To Everything, a Season

To Everything, a Season

One of the blessings of ministry — and of life, if we’re paying attention — is how fortunate we are to share our journey with so many others.  Sometimes, we travel together a long way.  Sometimes we meet at a particular juncture, then move on again, each in our own...