Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   It has been said that there are five basic types of prayer and they can be distilled into five words: Oops. Gimme. Thanks! Wow! Why?[1] Oops for prayers of confession. Gimme for prayers of petition.…

  Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.     One of my favorite seminary words is pericope, which autocorrect always wants to change to periscope. And that’s actually not a bad image to have – a periscope helps you see things that are…

  Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.  Between our reading from the Book of Job and the Gospel of Mark, the lectionary is not pulling any punches today. Suffering and divorce are never easy topics to approach, and are made harder when we…