Oh dear heavenly Father, our Creator and Sustainer, Thou sent forth Thine only begotten Son into the world to live the life we could not live and die
Psalm 80: A Pastoral Prayer on the Fourth Sunday in Advent
As is my custom, I go to the Psalm appointed for the day to make my plea before God in the pastoral prayer. On this fourth Sunday in Advent 2018 we
A Wedding Pastoral Prayer to Bind Two into One
Welcome. Enter into one of the most pastoral and tender moments in all of life. In my ministry, I have practiced the use of the pastoral prayer in the
A Sending Prayer for a Minister with a New Call
Our Father, whose voice spoke worlds into being, You have spoken in times past to the Prophets and the Apostles, directly, immediately, and have, now,
A Prayer for the Marines and Chattanooga
Almighty God, our Father, who sent Thine only begotten Son to be sacrificed like the lamb at Yom Kippur, dying on a cross, stretched out in a grave,
A Prayer for the Netherlands in the Midst of Their National Tragedy
"Our heavenly Father, whose voice causes the foundations of heaven to shake and sends forth the incensed smoke of imperceivable mystery to fill the