SELECTED PRAYERS FROM SEPTEMBER 2024 INTERCESSION PAPER
Each morning, this prayer springs out of me In yearning, hoping love For the peace of the world, and for the healing of Your Creation And now, for our country
Juneteenth Reflections During Noonday Intercession
As Companions, we gather to pray together at noon, both in-person and on Zoom. On June 19th, Companion Martha offered a presentation and reflection as a way to commemorate Juneteenth, during our Noonday Intercession Prayers. Enjoy the presentation here.
SELECTED PRAYERS FROM JUNE 2024 INTERCESSION PAPER
Holy God, your peace is the peace we seek to reconcile our anxious thoughts. Your peace offers perspective and leads to wisdom. Blanket our minds and hearts with your peace so we let your peace permeate to our cores and
SELECTED PRAYERS FROM MAY 2024 INTERCESSION PAPER
Great, Giving God, to whom we are moved by Love and Joy to praise and to offer thanksgiving. You are the springtime of our souls and of the earth upon which we live. Thank you for those tiny nudges and for the
Thoughts on Advent Going into 2024
When Advent comes around again each year, I try to focus on waiting for the wondrous gift of the holy child’s birth. I try not to rush past the waiting to arrive prematurely at the star, the angels and the
FROM OCTOBER 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
Dear Heavenly Father, I pray for all of us—humans, animals, and vegetation—who are suffering now and will suffer more in the future due to drastic climate change… Please help us all to save our planet; in Jesus's name.
FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
When I become disheartened by how elusive justice seems on so many fronts, help me to remember that I am a Resurrection person. It is through Christ, the one I call Love, that I find hope.
ADELYNROOD: A PLACE OF PRAYER AND POETRY
For more than ten years, the Companions' spiritual home at Adelynrood has been a "thin place" for me, a place where I have found spiritual nourishment, friendships, and a chance to deepen my experience of prayer as a creative activity.
FROM JULY/AUGUST 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
When we sing in harmony there is a sweet spirit that engulfs us to do justice, love God, our neighbor, ourselves, and all creation. Oh, to experience that outrageous joy.