Posts Tagged: freedom
Religious Freedom Day
Words save lives
A prayer for the United Nations
They are free – the 43
Thirty-eight members of the Morong 43, health care workers imprisoned in the Philippines since February 2010, were released on Friday December 17. Here are links to more information: After 10 months in jail, 38 members of ‘Morong 43’ set free…
Read more »Advent Devotion – December 9, 2010
Scripture – Luke 22:1–13 Why is one of the last chapters of Luke one of the first readings for Advent? Why is a story about preparations for the Last Supper at the beginning of our expectation for Christ’s birth? The…
Read more »A prayer for Memorial Day
Holy God, your love is stronger than death, and your life-giving power has no end. We commend to your eternal care all who have died in the service of others, even as we lament the violence of war. Comfort and…
Read more »A prayer for the people of North Korea
God of justice, we pray for the people of North Korea. We pray for those who are imprisoned and for those who have loved ones in prison. We pray for those who are persecuted for their faith or other reasons….
Read more »Let the oppressed go free
Colleague and friend David Gambrell has posted a prayer based on Luke 4:14-21. This is the Gospel lesson for Sunday. It is a prayer that we would proclaim Christ who proclaims good news for the poor and freedom for the…
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