Thoughts & prayers
Check out this ongoing collection of writings, inspirational thoughts and contemplative prayers that I have come to appreciate and pass along.
Leadership Loneliness
For me, the calling of leadership in God’s Kingdom can often feel solitary. Yet, within that solitude, I sense the heart of God—the tender ache of
“Gethsemane Jesus”—woven through this prayer.
Beautiful. Complicated. Surrendered.
Prayer of Vulnerability
“…O God, gather me to be with you as you are with me.
Keep me in touch with myself…”
by Ted Loder
St. Patrick's Breastplate — A Prayer
“…Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise…”
Give me courage to Live!
“Give me the courage to live! Really live—not merely exist…”
A prayer by Howard Thurman
The Welcoming Prayer
“Welcome, welcome, welcome.
I welcome everything that comes to me in this moment…”
by Mary Mrozowski
A Prayer of Thanks
“… I thank you, Lord Jesus, for being all of the things humanity despises and fears, so I can accept myself and others in you.”
by Richard Rhor