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Prayer from Psalm 107: Wonderful Deeds

This entry is part 106 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

This entry is part 106 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms Lord, I have listened to the stories of your legendary deeds: Some wandered in wastelands, lost and lonely.  They cried out in their crisis and you delivered them from their distress. Some despaired in darkness, imprisoned and isolated.  They cried out in [...]

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Prayer from Psalm 106: Hallelujah for History (2)

This entry is part 105 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

This entry is part 105 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms Lord, sometimes I forget. I forget that day your people refused to enter their Land. I forget those times your people worshiped other gods. I forget those times you forgave their infidelity–again and again. But this morning, Lord, I remember. I [...]

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Prayer from Psalm 103: Sunrise, Sunset, Sin

This entry is part 102 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

This entry is part 102 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms My soul praises you Lord. You are to us whom you were to Moses–compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love. Your love is so generous it seems to stretch from my back porch to the full moon. If we [...]

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Fresh Start

  I am a dreadful golfer. My strokes are impossibly imperfect. The first swing toward every flag routinely flies into the rough. As a result, I allow myself to tee-off repeatedly until a ball manages to find the fairway. It’s as if the faulty shots never happened. In golf, players call this a mulligan. It’s [...]

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