James

“Our great daystar floods the Earth with fire in this season of summer. The heart of the sun prays at forty million degrees; grant me a heart of such fierce fire as I now begin this new day in an act of devotion and adoration. Wrap me in the silence of your Spirit and lead me into quiet prayer.”
― Edward Hays, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim: A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritual

“us assemble ourselves before you today through our acts of peace and reconciliation with neighbors near and far. Help us to teach the children in our communities what it means to be children of a God who loves us like a mother. Amen.”
― Shane Claiborne, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

“You who alone know the secrets of hearts, look with love upon my feeble attempts at silent prayer. I am grateful that you do not measure my effort but look only upon my love for you.”
― Edward Hays, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim: A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritual

“God’s incomprehensibility to human minds is part of God’s nature. We can’t understand God; that’s part of the mystery. That’s what poetry is for and art and music and creative endeavors of all kinds—all serve as attempts to capture that which cannot be put into words: love, grace, beauty, power, truth. Visions like Isaiah’s remind us that the God we worship lies beyond our ability to describe.”
― Upper Room, The Upper Room Disciplines 2015: A Book of Daily Devotions