Each Sunday morning, bridging our informal gathering time, during which we share from our lives, and our formal worship time, a different person, usually from Seekers, offers a prayer for peace and justice. Each person chooses what to say, with no prompting or guidance from the coordinator other than to be brief, prayerful and focused on peace and justice. On this page, we offer the text of some of those prayers.
A Prayer of Lament about the Violence and Chaos in our World
Praying for Peace and Justice on March 8, 2026 Oh God! Our hearts are breaking this morning as, once again, we see Your world, Your creation being pushed into violence and chaos. It’s like Satan tempted our national leaders up on the mountain top and our leaders responded, “Sure Satan. Whatever you want.” Oh God: Oh God, give us breath to blow upon those remaining embers of hope. As a community, help us to be clear that all people, including the people of Iran, are Your beloved. Help us to live lives that truly welcome the stranger, love our…
A Prayer for Focus to Promote Peace
Praying for Peace and Justice on March 1, 2026 Holy One, our world as we live it here and now, seems to have become a community of suffering and destruction of others. Many of us here live lives in protected communities, so far, that is. We pray that our own actions support Peace and Justice in our world. We can demonstrate in the No Kings Events, we can support with our domestic giving organizations that promote Peace and Justice, we can write our support of Peace and Justice to our leaders, we can reach out to our immediate communities to…
A Prayer for the Courage to Let Go
Praying for Peace and Justice on February 22, 2026 Dear God, I’m ready to let go of the things I cling to– things I think I know, things I think I need, and things I simply have always had– in the name of serving you better. Help me to see what’s holding me back from gaining momentum toward freedom for all of us, and give me the courage to let it go. Amen Background This year, Ash Wednesday fell on the day after the lunar New Year. In the Chinese calendar, the year we closed was the year of the…
A Prayer of Concern for Those in War Zones
Praying for Peace and Justice on February 15, 2026 Holy One, we give thanks that the crossing has been opened, and we are aware it is not nearly enough to meet the needs. And similar stories are rampant in Sudan and other countries in the throes of terror. We beseech you to help us help those in such desperate straits. In Jesus’ name, Amen Background Dissonance by Wana Udobang Dawn isn’t quite broken yet My timeline a jigsaw of transformation photographs Before and after of shrinking bodies Testimonials of calorie counting Trending tab is self-starvation as weight loss hack read more
A Prayer for Our Hearts to be Unfrozen
Praying for Peace and Justice on February 1, 2026 Dear God, We pray for those who are suffering in the cold because of lack of shelter in our society which turns away from housing needs of the poor, of immigrants, of lgbtq youth turned out of their families, of elderly who can’t afford their housing as they age. We pray for those who are suffering in the cold because they want to be outside to protect their immigrant neighbors from out of control ICE agents, who are listening to leaders who want to get rid of brown people from our…