Category Archives: Prayers

Mother’s Day isn’t a celebration for everyone, and for many people, Mother’s Day can be a particularly painful time of year. That can be true for those who are grieving the loss of loved ones, are estranged from family members, or facing fertility issues, among other circumstances. And the weeks leading up to Mother’s DayContinue reading “A Mother’s Day Prayer for All Women”

The saber-rattling has triggered the guns of war, and so we pray these lyrics by the Reverend Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a Presbyterian hymn-writer: We pray for peace, O God of love and justice,as once again, we face a time of war.The meek and humble try — amid the crisis —to love and build, to nurtureContinue reading “‘We Pray for Peace’”

Pastor Grant shared this prayer during worship on Mother’s Day, 2021, to honor and remember all the women who have blessed our lives: Thank you, gracious God, for revealing your love in so many magnificent ways, and this day in particular, we pray in gratitude for our mothers and for all the women who haveContinue reading “A Prayer for Mother’s Day”