A Prayer for Japan

from Mennonite Central Committee.  Let us continue to hold the people of Japan in our prayers. God of healing and mercy, we come before you with our hearts filled with grief as we see the devastation in Japan. We pray that your presence would be felt by those who are grieving, who are injured, who…

Wednesday Worship Pieces

Writing words for liturgy is one of the joys of my life.  I often write (or heavily adapt) calls to worship, prayers, even the occasional hymn, for the Sunday morning worship services at Peace Mennonite.  It’s partly that I love to write them, and partly that I’m pretty picky and often can’t find the perfect…

Prayer for the New Year

God of new life, God of life made new, We begin this new year as we ended the last– embraced by your spirit of love your presence of peace your gentle power. We leave behind the old year in the knowledge that Whatever we have done in the service of selfish desire; Whenever we have…