Tag: Mercy

Liturgy, Prayers

The One Who Knows Us by Name

lifeinthelabyrinthApril 28, 2023Leave a comment

And we pray together the holy prayer of “O, Lord God, you know,” for the things we don’t have the words for, or don’t understand, or only suspect.

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The Noonday Well

lifeinthelabyrinthJuly 12, 2020Leave a comment

Because Jesus remains in the place of the outcast, he is able to be the bearer of grace to this woman.

Prayers

Confession of My White Privilege | Prayer

lifeinthelabyrinthMay 29, 2020May 29, 20206 Comments

Holy God, we come before you with these heavy and difficult things because we know that they are the things that break your heart.

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again

lifeinthelabyrinthAugust 9, 2019August 11, 201910 Comments

Today, this word makes me weary.

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Reach

lifeinthelabyrinthAugust 2, 20193 Comments

We thirst to be in the presence of a holy God but yet our sin is ever before us.

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reward

lifeinthelabyrinthMarch 22, 20193 Comments

When life is quiet, the streets are safe, and we can freely go to church (or not), death is a little more removed. And so is heaven and our need for it. What, then, is our prize? What is our...

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A Moment of Clarity

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 13, 2018November 12, 20182 Comments

So we went – and we listened – and we watched. And then we went home. I thought that was it. Boy, was I wrong.

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burden

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 9, 2018November 12, 2018Leave a comment

Faithful and loving God, we continue to marvel in your willingness to take our burdens from us.

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When the Belly of a Whale Sounds Good

lifeinthelabyrinthMay 29, 2018January 11, 20224 Comments

But sometimes the belly of a whale sounds good compared to sitting at the banquet table of God and sharing the Bread of Life and Cup of Salvation with someone I feel is doing evil upon people and doesn’t seem...