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Lent Prayer 34 – April 7

Lent Prayer 34 quiet. night. silence moving about while our minds weave in and out, dreaming our ways into tastes of something we cannot express.   you come to us in dreams.   of wheat stalks, of angels and ladders … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 33 – April 6

Lent Prayer 33 how’m I doin’ the mayor said   am I living up to what you had in mind   am I letting down the side   or surprising you with my wit   how’m I doin’ I ask … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 32 – April 5

Lent Prayer 32 give me a heart to see your hand   in faces and places smiles and cries   in anguish and anger   hope and help   the fact of your presence   amidst us all. ———————

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Lent Prayer 31 – April 4

Lent Prayer 31 storms come back around, like life crashes   we thought were over but weren’t.   protect us Lord from despair, defeat, from going under   when we are most vulnerable at the end of   frayed hopes. … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 30 – April 3

Lent Prayer 30 You give us tasks that push and pull us beyond our depths and yet to our deepest desires.   thank you for the gifts that we do not call for yet appreciate when they have arrived. —————–

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Lent Prayer 29 – April 2

Lent Prayer 29 I want to pray for some who have violated   friendships, faith, community   but how can we forgive in your name when our hands and hearts were not   among the wounded. —————-

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Lent Prayer 28 – April 1

Lent Prayer 28 Spring waters flow through the ice sluice like grace melting away at my frozen sins. first a seep, then a trickle, then a roar at the joy that flows free when we let it. —————-

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Lent Prayer 27 – March 31

Lent Prayer 27 our families open us to joy, sorrow, pain and laughter like Mary and Joseph Abraham and Sarah we try to make a way following your star ———————–

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Lent Prayer 26 – March 30

Lent Prayer 26 the air freshens like your breath into creation over the waters and into our clay life springing forth with joy and abandon blessed be the name of the Lord today —————————

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Lent Prayer 25 – March 29

Lent Prayer 25 have I spoken your name enough have I opened to speak aloud what my heart believes Jesus. ————–

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