These prayers are collected from the Garrett Community. They will be added to each month, reflecting the diversity of how we pray and for what we pray.
A poem-prayer that invites the Holy Spirit into our lives and implores that we listen from Grant Showalter-Swanson.
A poem-prayer yearning for discernment and trust in vocational call by Lisl Heymans Paul.
A poem-prayer that hopes for grounded joy that can turn into loving action in the world by Grant Showalter-Swanson.
A prayer calling on God for patience in the unknown from abby mohaupt.
Words written Lisl Heymans Paul, imploring God for fortitude in the call of ministry.
A call and response prayer imploring God for an end to dehumanizing structures by Hannah Grace Injamuri.
A memory-bound prayer by Candace Simpson revealing avenues of power alongside the certainty self-worth.
A poem-prayer that pleads for serenity and stillness in a world that never pauses by Candace Simpson.
Words written by Candace Simpson praying for humanity to recall unity in pursuit of peace.
A prayer for the Dalit community yearning for belonging and God’s witness to their oppression by Hannah Grace Injamuri.
A poem in search of language when it feels at a distance by Elyssa Salinas-Lazarski.
A prayer that reminds us that love is stronger than fear written by Laurie Lyter Bright.
A prayer that hopes for lasting peace that is ordinary, not extraordinary by Laurie Lyter Bright.
A prayer that remembers those who have sacrificed their lives and for a future with lasting peace written by Laurie Lyter Bright.
A poem-prayer that embraces our God-given bodies written by Ashtyn Ball.
A yearning for stillness in the waiting of the Advent season written by abby mohaupt and translated by José Delpino.
A poem-prayer that recognizes the gift that sacred darkness brings to our lives by abby mohaupt.
A memory and prayer of remembrance as the strength and love of women are lifted up by Arianne Braithwaite Lehn.
A poem-prayer in celebration and awe of the light that dwells within each of us, especially our Queer siblings by Arianne Braithwaite Lehn.
A confession for those of us who benefit from settler colonialism and the hope of mutual liberation written by Grant Showalter-Swanson.
A prayer of priorities and grace, of balancing daily life with the tragedies all around the world by abby mohaupt.
A prayer of forgiveness for the sin of indifference and selfishness in a world that is crying out by Hannah Grace Injamuri.
A poem-prayer that yearns to be steadfast in pursuing justice and peace written by abby mohaupt.
A prayer that reminds us of the truth of the Gospel in a weary world by Jennifer Harvey.
An awakening to the reality of the land we tread upon and our connection to it by geran lorraine.
A poem-prayer to be resolute in our pursuit of justice written by Arianne Lehn.
A breathing mediation to ground yourself in the love of God when the world is hard.
A prayer and psalm that yearns to be held in divinity by Robert Monson.
A prayer that resounds and rejoices in the love of God that is perceived by all written by M Kaiser.
A prayer in celebration and acknowledgement of all of God’s multiplicity by M Kaiser.
A call to take up space as a queer body written by Robert Monson.
A litany of courageous words that resound from the voices of Queer ancestry and our Queer present by rev. dr. anna blaedel.
A triumphant inventory of the blessings of Queerness by rev. dr. anna blaedel.
A prayer that recognizes God in the midst of our Queer lives written by rev. dr. anna blaedel.
A prayer that yearns for kinship over prestige especially at the communion table by John Leedy.
A prayer for the seasons, for creation, and for the hope that one day we will walk peacefully among it by John Leedy.
A prayer that sees scandal and recognizes it as divine joy by John Leedy.
