Jan Berry
Times and Seasons - Advent God:Prayer of Approach
Times and Seasons - Advent God:Prayer of Approach
by Jan Berry
ADVENT GOD: A PRAYER OF APPROACH Advent God, in all our preparations, the busy to-do lists and the frenzied activity, wait with us for that moment of pausing in anticipation of your presence. Waiting God, we prepare for your coming. Advent God, when we are lethargic and indiffere…
Times and Seasons - Vulnerability and Hope: Prayer of Thanksgiving
Times and Seasons - Vulnerability and Hope: Prayer of Thanksgiving
by Jan Berry
VULNERABILITY AND HOPE: A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God, maker of the earth, we thank you for this broken bread; in its fragments we find you, sharing our vulnerability, waiting with us in patient helplessness and impatient rage. We thank you for our brokenness embodied in your comi…
Times and Seasons - We wait in darkness for the dawn
Times and Seasons - We wait in darkness for the dawn
by Jan Berry
We wait in darkness for the dawn when night seems long and grey; the faintly-gleaming ray of light that marks the edge of day. We wait in silence for the word that whispers in our ear; that gives our dreams a shape and form and gently calms our fear. Verses 3-4 follow ©Jan Berry …
Times and Seasons - Prayer: The Waiting Time