Category: Prayer
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Come, Watch For the Green
Encouragement to hold onto hope and continue to praise in difficult circumstances
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You Grow Like the Moss
The natural world is always changing, but that change is often extremely slow—hard to measure in human lifetimes. What would it be like to trust in the gradual unfolding of God’s desires within us and around us on this kind of timescale? The Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, devoted to both theology and science, wrote…
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What Shall We Cry?
How do we live with faith and joy in a world that holds death and suffering? This problem has long troubled theologians but is not always honestly addressed by the church. I give thanks for those who have taken up the work of struggling with this issue today including Kate Bowler and my seminary classmate…
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Holy is the Refugee
In 2023 I was planning for a Lenten season focused on the body. I wanted to lift up the value of bodies that are often mistreated and undervalued in our world. The result is a kind of “beatitudes of the body”, a prayer for change and a reminder that human beings bear the image of…
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Our Amma, Abba, Holy One
I love how familiar texts come alive in new ways through translations, interpretations, and musical settings. In my ministry, the Lord’s Prayer is one of the few pieces of liturgy that we repeat weekly. Trying new or unknown versions, both spoken and sung, reveals new aspects of the prayer. This text is paired with ST.…
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The Seeds of Grace
This text is an exploration of the parable of the Sower found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, and Luke 8:4–15. What is our response to the bountiful seeds of grace God scatters and nurtures in our midst? The text is paired with the beautiful Irish folk melody DURROW. It could also be used with a more familiar…
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Let There Be Rest
This hymn began as an exploration of the commandment to rest and to ensure rest for the people, animals, and land around us. I was inspired by ongoing conversations about rest as an issue of justice including the work of Tricia Hersey, the “Nap Bishop,” who teaches that rest can be both resistance and reparation.…
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Be with Those Who Wander
This text was inspired by a beautiful, searching tune by Ben Brody. It takes the form of an intercessory prayer, raising the needs of many, then offering a reminder of God’s abiding presence and call. You can preview or purchase the piece here. It is also a part of my collection Elemental Joy. Here is…
Hannah C Brown 