Category Archives: Prayer

Praying for Your Adult Children

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I recently reread The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian. It has 30 chapters, each discussing a particular aspect of concern to a parent, and containing a prayer and a collection of applicable scripture verses. I prayed through that book … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting, Prayer | Tagged Praying for adult children | 2 Comments

Pandemic Prayer

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

More than a year ago, I wrote this poem. It’s encouraging to think that we’re finally getting close to the end of this pandemic. Pandemic Prayer by ARHuelsenbeck Lord, I pray for an end to this pandemic and yet, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Pandemic | Leave a comment

A Prayer for Times Like This

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Lord, make us instruments of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Leave a comment

A Non-Traditional Blessing by Sister Ruth Marlene Fox, OSB

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This prayer, written in 1985, seems especially apt today: May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Leave a comment

Pandemic Prayer

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Dear God, Architect of the Universe and Great Physician, You rule the world with justice and mercy. You are doing a thing now that we don’t understand, but we trust that You are working for our good. Through this trial … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Covid-19, Pandemic | Leave a comment

Pandemic Lament by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

The Bible study group that I am part of is reading God and the Pandemic by N.T. Wright. Part of one assignment was to write a prayer of Lament. Here’s mine: O God, You created our bodies complete with a complex immunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Covid-19, Lament, Lamentations | 3 Comments

Happy Graduation Day

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

For everyone with a graduation coming up.

Posted in Prayer | Tagged graduation, Video | 2 Comments

Torrential Rains and Flooding

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Betty Mason Arthurs

Torrential Rains and Flooding by Betty Mason Arthurs Today in America our hearts, our eyes and our ears are tuned to the reports coming out of Texas and the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. In Houston, over 32,000 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Family Stories, God, Prayer, Trust in God's promises, Uncategorized, When life seems to much | Tagged 1951 flood in the great plains of Kansas, evacuated by boat, Flooding, Hurricane Harvey, memories of childhood and the flood | 5 Comments

My Dog Keeps Me on My Knees

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Judy Robertson

I have to admit, when I am on my knees praying I don’t stay very long as it hurts my knees. It’s down, a few words, and up as quickly as possible. While on my knees in this humbled position, … Continue reading →

Posted in Being still before God, Christian Living, dogs, Faith, Pets, Prayer | Tagged dogs, faith, Prayer | 4 Comments

Love Letter Begs for Date

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Betty Mason Arthurs

Love Letter Begs for Date by Betty Mason Arthurs Long before the internet and online dating sites, young ladies communicated with potential “matches” by letter, hand-written or typed on ancient typewriters. Like most senior folk, I miss those days … Continue reading →