Dear Lord, You have called us to be witnesses. You who hold the cosmos in your hand are the One who has called us. Let us heed your voice. You have called us to be witnesses. This is not some future event but a done deed. Let us heed your voice. You have called us to be witnesses. You have not...

Dear Lord, Come to us behind our locked doors, that you may unbind whatever holds us back and send us forth in mission. Come to us in our fear, that you may release us from all that terrifies us and send us forth in good courage. Come to us in our doubts, that you may create in us faith and...

Dear Lord, Keep us with you as you enter the gates greeted by cheers. Keep us with you as you teach and talk and debate and overturn. Keep us with you as you sup and pray. Keep us with you as you give yourself and hurry the others away. Keep us with you as you stand accused with none to defend...

Dear God, Remember not our faults and failures but your faithfulness. Remember not how we broke your commands and covenants but the love with which you made and gave them. Remember not our disappointments and downfalls but your delight in your children. Remember not our sin and shortcomings...

And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. He said, “Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.” “For you all things are possible.”...