Prayer of the day

A Prayer for a Broken Friendship

Lord, David wrote for us: It is not an enemy who taunts me — I could bear that. It is you, my companion, my familiar friend (Psalm 55:12–14). You know how...

A Prayer for a Broken Friendship

Lord, David wrote for us: It is not an enemy who taunts me — I could bear that. It is you, my companion, my familiar friend (Psalm 55:12–14). You know how...

A Prayer for the Aging Body

A Prayer for the Aging Body

Lord, my body is not what it was. The mirror surprises me now. The stairs are longer than they were — and yet. And yet. Moses at a hundred and...

A Prayer for the Aging Body

Lord, my body is not what it was. The mirror surprises me now. The stairs are longer than they were — and yet. And yet. Moses at a hundred and...

A Prayer After Divorce

A Prayer After Divorce

Lord, this is not the ending I wrote for. There are papers on a counter I never expected to sign. Sit with me tonight. You are near to the brokenhearted (Psalm...

A Prayer After Divorce

Lord, this is not the ending I wrote for. There are papers on a counter I never expected to sign. Sit with me tonight. You are near to the brokenhearted (Psalm...

A Prayer for the Incarcerated

Lord, Paul and Silas sang in the middle of the night in chains, and the foundations of the prison shook (Acts 16:25–26). Sing through the walls of every cellblock tonight....

A Prayer for the Incarcerated

Lord, Paul and Silas sang in the middle of the night in chains, and the foundations of the prison shook (Acts 16:25–26). Sing through the walls of every cellblock tonight....

A Prayer for the Trafficked and Enslaved

Lord, you saw the affliction of your people in Egypt, you heard their cry, you knew their sufferings (Exodus 3:7). See it again tonight. The children being sold. The women trapped...

A Prayer for the Trafficked and Enslaved

Lord, you saw the affliction of your people in Egypt, you heard their cry, you knew their sufferings (Exodus 3:7). See it again tonight. The children being sold. The women trapped...

A Prayer for the Spiritually Curious

A Prayer for the Spiritually Curious

A Prayer for the Spiritually Curious Lord, someone is reading a Bible tonight for the first time, in a bedroom lit by a laptop. You have known this hour of...

A Prayer for the Spiritually Curious

A Prayer for the Spiritually Curious Lord, someone is reading a Bible tonight for the first time, in a bedroom lit by a laptop. You have known this hour of...