Abiding in Hope

Harvest field. Baruch atah Adonai, Elohainu Melech Ha-Olam. Beloved Savior, you gather us and give us a final command: "Love on...

Palm Sunday, 2017. Almighty God, our hearts rise to You, seeking your wisdom, resting in your mercy: hear our prayer. We confess bef...

The glory of God's creation is al around us. Blessed Redeemer, Ground of All That Is, Creator, Comforter: hear our humble prayer...

Summer snowdrops at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Holy One, create in us clean hearts, that we may bow before You in hope and in prai...

Singing a hymn after the Palm Sunday procession at Good Shepherd. Lord Jesus, we raise our shouts of praise to you, and bless your h...

A dogwood flower. Blessed Savior, we turn our hearts to you borne up by your abundant grace into this new day. We give You thanks, O ...

We lift up our eyes to see a rose window... To You, O Most High, we lift our hearts: may our thoughts and prayers rise to You as ince...

Presiding Bishop Curry brings the word in his address on April 4. Most Merciful God, we bow before You in thanks and praise, rememberin...

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry came to St. Louis last night and gave an inspirational talk called "Healing a House Divided," abo...

MLK, being booked into jail. Lord, we we lift our hearts in wonder and praise: thanks be to God. Holy One, hear our supplications and...

Detail from a window, Emmanuel Church, Webster Groves, Missouri. Holy One, who holds our time in your hand, we lift our hearts before...

Anglican rosary, jasper and red jade. Breathe upon us, Breath of God, and set our hearts afire with love and justice, that we may wor...

Child in a park, Paris. Lord, you have called us and known us since the moment of our birth: we abide in your lovingkindness with grate...

Daffodil Most Merciful God, accept our humble offerings to You of our life and love as we make our prayer to You. Forgive us our willf...

Starbursts of redbud blossoms crown each limb in full, glorious bloom. Most Merciful God, You who loved us into being: we rise and la...

Morning Prayer at dawn on the beach, Matanzas, Cuba, 2017. Yesterday was a hard day. I went to bed exhausted, emotionally and physicall...

The path towward light (inspired by the poetry of John Keble) In thankfulness for the light singing its way into being, we give You...

Calla lily, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, Carmel, California. Come, Blessed Redeemer, and be our guide, for the night is pas...

"Now there was a great deal of grass in that place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. Then Jesus took the loaves, and whe...

The Good Shepherd. (Based on Psalm 23) God is our shepherd and provider, You claim us as your own. God leads us into pastures that su...