A litany by Margaret D. McGee, for use on Ascension Day or the Sunday after Ascension Day.
With open hearts, let us offer up our prayers together, saying,
Arise, O God,
Hear our prayer.
Arise, O God – Hear Our Prayer
Sun After Rain
Took a walk before lunch. Down Monroe Street, around the corner, along Washington under the trees that line Memorial Field. An older man walked toward me, about a half block ahead along the same sidewalk. He walked slowly with the help of a cane.
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Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
into an object of affirmation and negation, when in
reality they should be an object of contemplation.
O God, Who Made the World
Responsive prayers by Margaret D. McGee, for use during Easter season or for All Saints/All Souls Day.
O God, who made the world and everything in it, we pray with one voice, proclaiming your presence to all the earth.
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A poem for Easter
by
Carolyn Temte
Sing aloud, O Mothers and Fathers!
A litany for Easter services, by Margaret D. McGee.
Sing aloud, O mothers and sons! Fathers and daughters, sisters and brothers, rejoice and exult with all your hearts! Let us offer our prayers and thanksgivings with one voice, calling out the good news —
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Homily for a Sunday after Easter
by
Margaret D. McGee
What does it mean for God, the Creator of our world, to enter into our daily lives and set us on a new course, a new path of life? When that happens, what happens? And how do we live, day to day, so that it can happen, so that we are open and ready for God to bring new life into our world?Continue reading “Step By Step”
Let Us Stand in Grace Together
At the St. Stephen’s Women’s Retreat, held at the Ocean Park Retreat Center and Camp on March 28-30, 2008, we experienced stormy winds, rain, snow, hail, sunshine, laughter, tears, and the fire of God’s Spirit in life and love. These prayers were written during the retreat and prayed at our Sunday service.
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Homily for a Sunday after Easter
by
Margaret D. McGee
Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
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In the Courtyard 