Easter Bidding Prayer

Since this is a very busy week for clergy, I’ve decided to post early. This is a bidding prayer following the traditional format. Feel free to use it and adapt it to fit your congregation. photo from pdphoto.org Come, let us unite in prayer for the church throughout the world.        (silence or … Read More

Beyond Doubt

RCL – Second Sunday of Easter – April 15, 2012 Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 Today’s world could make a skeptic out of anyone, I think. Just look at some of the news this week. How many of us really thought Santorum would drop out of the race before he actually … Read More

No Partiality

RCL – April 8, 2012 – Easter Sunday Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 Peter’s words in the Acts reading stand out for me:  I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what … Read More