I shut off the mower's whirring blades, removed my hearing protection, and there it was: the splash and whoosh of the Atlantic Ocean, always restless, continually wearing away the granite at the bottom of the embankment in the back yard where I had been mowing. Clouds above were heavy with rain; therefore, sunset would come… Continue reading A Praying Life
Category: Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer
For those of us in the United States, this is a day of thanksgiving. However, gratitude is not circumscribed by geographic boundaries. Nor do we need a calendar’s permission to leave room for gratitude, so . . . LORD, we thank you! We confess that our hearts are often full of ourselves, for we mistake… Continue reading Thanksgiving Prayer
A Prayer for November 9th
By faith, we have gone behind the curtain. We have made our voices heard, according to the temperature of our hearts -- Some with a raised fist; Some with a wavering hope. We have sifted the relative merits of two deeply flawed and difficult candidates. We have heard the word "Never" said about the person… Continue reading A Prayer for November 9th


