Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary those who are represented in the Twilight the Dawn And all of the beautful shades of gray in the world which can contain a rainbow of colors within it.
Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary Those who are both/and The ones who feel at home in the Trans* community and those who are created in the image of God Male and Female
Here’s a prayer for the children Who should be safe in their identity Beloved in their Zir Xyr Eir Full selves Able to Name and Claim Who they are
And yes Use the bathroom Without peering eyes questions or even a second of discomfort Is that not what we want for all of our children?
Here is a prayer for the Nonbinary the ones who understand the importance of a well-placed pronoun those who ones who live bravely in the thin places the in-between for we know that those places are blessed and Holy
You are Holy
Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary For you are Beautifully and Fiercely made
Don’t let anyone tell you differently
For you are a Child of God Who created you, loves you exactly as you are and calls you by your chosen name Amen.
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Themes: Disciples want to get close to Jesus, Jesus continually points the disciples to look outward Kneeling with Christ :When Jesus Comes Every Knee will bow, Because Christ will return as he came, Kneeling to Serve And we will Kneel to be Beside him The Promise of a New Kin-dom A World Beyond Capitalism, Breaking Capitalism
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Good God who is glorious, generous full of bounty, food and other good things
I feel too exhausted to pray about pieces of metal that explode into messes of blood tragedy and annihlation
As the weeping of babies across oceans haunt my dreams at night and the artwork of Banksy decorates the walls, the walls of hate
My words seem like a meager choice the cry of Peace while those with nothing are crying in war
Who will share this burden? The prophets cry
And the artists will paint with their tears
Call your Congressperson I pray
Do not tell the story of the downtrodden: the Palestinian Christian, the hungry senior citizen the beaten Black Lives Matter Activist the forgotten Trans Teen the shot kindergartener Do not tell the story after the tragedy has happened
God I am so tired of praying about pieces of metal empty of bullets emptying lives emptying souls
Teach me another prayer Teach me the prayer of Peace Because
Because I am all too familiar with the vocabulary of hate it contains words like animals revenge and dehumanization
Reteach me the languages of love teach me the me the lexicon of humanization
Melt our hearts our weapons our souls into another shape I pray. Amen.
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What is a human I ask God in the dark World weary of talking points explanations and words …………….words ………………….words
What exactly is this human being thing?
I wonder? Trying not to count the bombs going off– Way worse than the second between Thunder ……….and lightening
And the latest government crises does not even deign to mention hungering children …………or elderly
And my trans friend cries a little bit and my child whispers and their abused peer who they called CPS about to no avail
What is being the stars glimmer back at me and I try to catch their twinkles and remember the taste of tea the sigh at the end of good book the snuggles of my kitty cats when I am sad
Children I am always Forever Blessed by the magic that are children
Human why define?
I think as I talk to myself and remember
Re-Peopling the world Over and Over again without conditionals just Peopling Because every single Person Counts
Being Human
Human Being
Humans Being Human
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For all those for whom they have a tender and surrendered faith because of all they have gone through.
Because you cannot surrender until you’ve been through a battle and so for all those who have felt like Advent Christmas or just Living has been a battle this year I want to pray the prayer of thanksgiving
that you are still here you are beloved and God is with you–
And I hope you have found yourself in the Christmas story whether it is in Mary, not so meek, Joseph conflicted but quietly obedient Magi, shepherd, even if it is the donkey, the innkeeper or the star
I hope and pray that you find a corner to belong in Because this is your story too
But if you do not, know, that’s ok Maybe the space for you is in the silence or the darkness of the night or the wavering light of the candle
God I hope you know that God is here God is with you God loves you no matter what
And that is what makes Christmas Especially when you feel tender and like you have to give up May God hold you in the Palm of God’s hand Whenever and wherever that happens
Amen.
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Here’s a Prayer for Advent For those are stuck in injustice for so long they seek justice with every breath they breathe and long for a new kind of liberation.
Here’s a prayer for those stuck in the throes of grief gnarled in the pain and cannot feel those who are holding their hands in darkness.
Here is a prayer those sick so prologuedly, they don’t remember what health feels like, and subsist instead on better days.
Here’s a prayer for the lonely whose teeth ache when they see companionship who lurk in the corners of libraries and shops and love to converse with strangers and angels unawares.
Here’s a prayer for the victims of violence and abuse from microagressions to verbal, from physical to assassination To all those who cannot be safe because where they are or who they are.
Here’s a prayer for those who just don’t know Lord They are just so tired and confused, and stuck They aren’t sure where to go next or what to do But they are certain that they need to figure out the next step.
Here’s a prayer for those on the edge of death, you know the ones God, waiting for that next family gathering or that last visit, or the strength to let go– Or even Christmas to pass, in order to join the rest of the Saints.
This is a prayer for all those waiting, Maybe what we have is not yet hope, perhaps it is hoping for hope But that is enough to light the candle together That is enough to wait for God together, for the miracle whispers to us.
It whispers of the one who is to come: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Purveyor of Peace And Government will rest upon their shoulders– God, we are holding our breath, and light the candle hoping for hope.
We are praying with the world today, O Come, O Come Emmanuel we Pray. Amen.
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Here’s a prayer for Charlottesville Where the gunshots echo across a million schools in the United States
A Prayer for Charlottesville For the Black People who tiptoe lightly across the land
While White Boys bluster loudly with their guns and tiki torches, because they know who has rights and who doesn’t, as they high five the police along the way
Here’s a prayer for Charlottesville Where Heather Heyer was brutally run over with a car filled with malice and fossil fuel
And now Where football players, mere children, Black, Young and Gift Have their lives too lost
Because America cannot will not in its obsession with power, colonialism and capitalism is sinfully unable disarm itself
We are a death cult
Here’s a prayer for our children brutalized by “Shooter drills”
I remember when I had thought that Columbine was a historical rarity–Back in the day when I was in high school
I turn forty this year
I remember 9/11 when we cried no more And gave blood and ate together
And then prayed to God and immediately brutalized our black and brown neighbors And bought bombs and guns
Here’s a prayer for America obsessed with “Safety” instead of loving our neighbors
Is love safe?
Here’s a prayer for love Beautiful and fierce May it renew us in ways we do not expect
Away from cars and guns and violence
May we let people rage and cry and lament as needed
And then may we turn our words Into actions And to do what needs to get done
We Pray
Amen.
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