Nobody sees Hagar. She is the slave girl, stolen from her home in Egypt, or born into slavery, we don’t know which. We don’t know
In a world filled with war and killing, what is the point of being a voice for peace? What can one small person do in
God of angel armies, hear our prayer for your beloved world. Cast out the demon of bomb dropping. Cast out the demon of rocket hurling.
It’s a great big world you’ve made, God, and we are small bits upon it. The mountains, the glaciers, the bounding oceans, the mass of
Remember with clear eyes the horrific cost of war. Remember with deep sorrow those who killed and were killed. Remember with grief the blood-stained battlefields.
God the Almighty longs for peace; God confronts the desolation of war. God cradles
God of Wisdom, As we remember the atomic blasts, the gas chambers, the killing fields, as we remember the war machines and the military establishments,
Perfect love casts our fear and so today we pray for your spirit of love on our world. Cast out the shooting of bullets into
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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