BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family April 5, 2020 (Palm Sunday) Pastor Jan O Lord of All That Is, through this Lenten season we have made our weary way. Many times, however, we confess we have lost our direction, entangling ourselves in the brush by the roadside. But just […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family April 4, 2020 Pastor Jan Faithful Presence, we seek your Spirit this day. The prophet Isaiah once wrote: “O Lord, you have hidden your face from us.” But we know it is really the other way around. We have hidden ourselves in the […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family April 3, 2020 Pastor Jan O Love Everlasting, your well indeed is deep and you never tire of offering your children living water. You hold out the cup of acceptance, not to the strong and self-possessed alone, but most assuredly to the weak, […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family April 2, 2020 Pastor Jan O God of the Ages, we who are shaken enter your presence today, for the messages of illness and pain have filled us with dread. We are afraid for ourselves and for others. We fear the threat of […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family April 1, 2020 Pastor Jan O Attentive Friend, we confess we are prone to set ourselves at the center of the universe. Perhaps it is our human nature that causes us to consider our own desires before the dreams of our neighbors. But […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family March 31, 2020 Pastor Jan O God Most Holy, deep within us is the very real desire to be in your holy presence this day. Accept us as we are, O Lord, for with our gratitude for your benevolence, we also bring with […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family March 30, 2020 Pastor Jan O Generous One, we bow before you this day, expressing our gratitude for your unfailing care. You have sustained us till this hour and have poured your endless grace upon us. Even in these unsettling times, help us […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family March 29, 2020 Pastor Jan We enter the Sabbath, O Holy One, remembering that you created this day to slow us down. In you holy wisdom, you knew that when we cease our mad pace, we are more likely to behold your work […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family March 28, 2020 Pastor Jan O Mighty Fortress, you are the God whose mercy never fails. We sail toward an unknown shore and your word is our only chart. The winds of transition have unsteadied our course, and we confess that we are […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Daily Prayers of the Church Street family March 27, 2020 Pastor Jan O Holy Vision, some of us walk bruised, burdened, and blinded through the ways of the world. We continue to question the unease, the uncertainty, the unknown. The apostle said that we see through a glass darkly, as […]