It seems every few posts return to Wednesday Noon Prayers. I suppose it is because I am drawn to what God’s Spirit is doing and to what can come about in Noon Prayers. As a congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we are not accustomed to observing prayer at particular hours of the [...]
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Noon Prayer — Again
Posted in Church Garden, Compton Heights Christian Church (DOC), Divine Hours, Noon Prayers, Prayer, Religion, Religious Community, Spiritual, Urban Church, community on September 29, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Hungry at Noon Prayers
Posted in Church Garden, Divine Hours, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Noon Prayers, Prayer, Religion, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, Urban Church on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday a cool breeze invited us outside again for Wednesday Noon Prayers in the Church Garden. I spread the blanket in the garden shade and was moving the sprinkler to a new hosta bed, when a colleague and church member arrived to join in prayer. We took off our shoes and sat, caught [...]
Noon Prayer Unfolding
Posted in Children and Prayer, Church Garden, Compton Heights Christian Church (DOC), Divine Hours, Muslim-Christian Relationship, Noon Prayers, Prayer, Religious Community, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, Urban Church, community on July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Several posts ago I wrote about the beginning of our Wednesday Noon Prayers. This prayer time has taken an interesting path. The first week, I prayed alone. Though others did not join me this first time, as I prayed I could hear those who were down the hall in the food pantry, [...]
Prayer for the 4th of July
Posted in Divine Hours, Loretto Community, Open and Affirming Congregation, Prayer, Religious Community, Spiritual, Urban Church, community, progressive church on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I struggle with some aspects of the celebration of the 4th of July, yet today as I prayed at a gathering of friends, I was reminded of so much for which I am thankful. Rabbi Michael Lerner wrote and shared a prayer for this 4th of July and a wonderful colleague Maureen Fiedler sent [...]
“Praying My Clothes”
Posted in Divine Hours, Lectio Divina, Mental Illness, Prayer, Religious Community, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, St. Louis City, Urban Church, community, progressive church, women on June 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The congregation I pastor is located on a busy street, South Grand in the city. We have a food pantry, clothing room, health services, and employment counseling and emergency services. Many people come each weekday for some kind of care. A number of these are people living on the streets with untreated mental [...]
Healing Prayers
Posted in Divine Hours, Iona, Lectionary, Prayer, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, St. Louis City, progressive church on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As the clock moves past midnight and on to Tuesday morning, I am preparing for my lectionary study group, knowing that tomorrow’s time will be a bit different. A colleague and friend was in a bicycle accident this last Thursday and has a broken collarbone and ribs. He has asked me for prayer [...]
Noon Prayers
Posted in Divine Hours, Prayer, Religious Community, Spiritual, St. Louis City, Urban Church, community, progressive church on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This past week we started a new “Wednesday Noon Prayers.” Each week hundreds of people come to the church for care of some kind. People come for food, clothing, health screenings, emergency referrals, utility assistance, employment counseling, computer training, community youth programs, and pastoral care. And, of course, we gather on Sundays to worship, share [...]
