I have long loved this week’s Old Testament lectionary text, Deuteronomy 30:15-20. “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.” These words are dear to my spirit . . . “choose life.” Yet as I read the passage this time around, I…
So after I posted the prayer of confession this morning I dug into the text (Matthew 5:1-12) and read several blogs and articles about the Beatitudes. I now realize that I got it wrong. Jesus does not call us to do all of that stuff in the Beatitudes. Jesus pronounces blessing on those for whom…
This is a responsive prayer of confession based on Matthew 5:1-12. The assurance of pardon is based on 1 Corinthians 1:30. The intent is that the leader speaks the plain text and the congregation speaks the bold. Italicized words are for all. Prayer of Confession Gracious God, we come before you to confess that we…
Spacious Faith 