Pastoral Prayer for June 2, 2024

Our pastoral prayer this morning comes to us from Ted Loder.

Please allow his words to become your own personal words:

Loving God,

I pray that you will nurture me in newness;

set me free from the tyrannies

of habit

and complaining

and blaming;

shake me from the dusty melancholy

of too much comfort, pride, and pretense,

that, as if on the first day of creation,

I may begin to see

the miracle of life and humanity;

to hear

the hum of grace

unfolding to meet all my needs,

unexpectedly and surprisingly,

and urging me to go on in faith

to whatever is next in love.

Amen.