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
SELECTED PRAYERS FROM NOVEMBER 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
Come, Lord God, and gather us together! Help us join hearts and hands. Help us to show forth your light, your truth, your goodness, that despite our differences we may become one united family, reflecting your glory and love to
FROM JUNE 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
Every month Companions receive a small booklet in the mail, the Intercession Paper. In this monthly feature of our blog, we select some prayers from this month’s IP, as it is called. If you’re so inclined, please join Companions in
FROM MAY 2023 THANKSGIVING PAPER
Our founder, Emily Morgan, began the tradition in the 1890s of having the May IP given over to thanksgivings.
FROM APRIL 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
For those who are fighting for a better world, for those who keep your image in their hearts and pray.
GIVING THANKS IN ALL SEASONS
The Psalmist is eloquent about the goodness and beauty of creation. We are provided with the image of a joyful God tossing stars into the sky to light our way and throwing stars onto the earth and into the sea,
From May 2022 Thanksgiving Paper
Every year, back to our early days, the May Intercession Paper has held thanksgiving prayers from cover to cover.