Faith

I have had some interesting conversations around faith recently (including several with myself!). I am working on a longer blog post around this topic, in particular around a commonly used expression – “I know it was in God’s plan for me” or something similar. Stay tuned, it will be on the “Main Blog” portion of the site.

Meanwhile in my prayer time I came across this beautiful prayer from the St. Augustine’s Prayer Book (available from Forward Movement on behalf of the Order for the Holy Cross), which I have been using for my daily prayer time. I used it for both our staff meeting and our Day School board meetings today:

A Prayer for Faith (page 73):

Increase my Faith, O Lord; give me diligence to learn and understand the Gospel; open my heart to trust in you; let my doubts spur me to seek deeper your understanding with patience; for you have given me a mind to question, time to grow and mature, and you call me to know, to love, and to serve you even in the midst of uncertainty. Amen.

St. Paul’s Cycle of Prayer – Tuesday – Seekers and other Young Adults, those in our community who are unchurched, our community and those in need, especially Family Promise and CROS ministries

(click Prayer Instructions for links to Morning or Evening Prayer for today)