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Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
It was a morning last week, our Creator, when the sun, preceded by a multi-colored sky, rose with su
Ash Wednesday -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
O God, we thank you for the promise of springtime; for infant birds breaking out of their shells; fo
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
We come before you this morning, O God, out of deep concern for our world.
The New Year -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
A new year is just ahead, O Holy Spirit, and we wonder what it holds.
The New Year -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Now, our Creator, we turn to a clean white page.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Gracious God, we search for new words to tell you how much we treasure worshiping you every Sunday m
Ash Wednesday -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
It is not easy, heavenly Spirit, owning up to our mistakes -- honestly presenting ourselves to you w
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Our heavenly God, you love us when we fail to love ourselves.
The New Year -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
One of the inescapable dimensions of our lives is time, a gift, our Creator, from you.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Sometimes, Eternal God, we take our friends for granted.
Ash Wednesday -- Luke 23:34, 1 John 1:9 -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
You know our hearts, gracious God, how they carry guilt from the past.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
There are times, dear Creator, when we are sure we know what is right and what is wrong.
The New Year -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
We are an impatient people, Lord. We want what we want, today!
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
There are times, O God, when we are convinced that we are doing the right thing and yet the result o
Sundays in Lent -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
You, Holiest One, see us for the sinners we are, yet love us still.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
One of the limitations your creation places upon us, O God, is time.
Epiphany -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
We wonder, our heavenly Ruler, about the three wise men who brought gifts of frankincense and myrrh
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
O God, our Creator, giver of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, have we told you lately how much we l
Sundays in Lent -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Sometimes, O God our Creator, we seem so inadequate and so ineffective.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
O God, our Creator, it must have been a grand and overwhelming moment when Moses brought the childre
Epiphany -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Sometimes, our God, we try to imagine what our world would be like if your Son had never come.
Sundays after Easter -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Gracious God we truly want to be "Christians in our hearts." If we are not Christians there, can we
Sundays in Lent -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
O Creator, it isn't easy going back twenty centuries to a small desert-like province of the Roman Em
Pentecost / Church -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Eternal God, as accustomed as we are to all kinds of people demonstrating on our streets, we find ou
Epiphany -- Rolland R. Reece -- 2000
Our Savior, you reveal yourself in the most surprising ways.
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