Michelle Higgins shares Prayers for power and protection, and an invitation to a fellowship campaign launching 4/20, to honor and cheer on all the people working round the clock to #ProtectBlackFutures.
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A Resurrection Day reading and prayer for help in time of trouble.
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On this day, the cusp between our “Lent in Isolation” and the season to come, Michelle Higgins writes while feeling the distance from here to Resurrection. “Your children are over it, Lord. We are through. Words have worn out and weeping has endured for the longest night ever. Listen Lord, we hate it here. Help us to wait on you.”
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Good Friday reflections for ending this “Lent in Isolation” series during Passion Week. We are retracing Jesus’ last steps before his work is done. Michelle Higgins reflects on the nearness of the abused and the incarcerated to the experience of Jesus.
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Reflections for this Holy Thursday of “Lent in Isolation” during Passion Week. We are retracing Jesus’ last steps before his work is done. Michelle Higgins reflects on the conviction she feels to love her enemies, as Jesus takes the position of servant at his last supper with his disciples.
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Special reflections for this “Lent in Isolation” during Passion Week. We are retracing Jesus’ last steps before his work is done. Michelle Higgins reflects on the conviction she feels to love the people who have made themselves enemies of God’s children, and the difficulty she finds in praying God’s transforming power for the same.
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Special reflections for “Lent in Isolation” during Passion Week. We are retracing Jesus’ last steps before his work is done. Michelle reflects on the conviction she feels to love her enemies. It’s a hard road, but God’s word, Christ’s work, and the Spirit’s comfort empower us to walk it, following Jesus who has already completed the journey before us.
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Special reflections for this “Lent in Isolation” during Passion Week. We are retracing Jesus’ last steps before his work is done. Learning co-passion with the oppressed, and right response to the enemies of God’s children. Today Michelle reflects on the conviction she feels to love her enemies. It’s a hard road, but God’s word, Christ’s work, and the Spirit’s comfort empower us to walk it.
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The 21st of our daily prayers during this Lent in Isolation focuses on calling King Jesus to ride on into our cities and towns and bring down the corrupt authorities that oppress Gods’s children. Palm Sunday praises disrupt the status quo and help us to redefine power by the strength of a Humble King.
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Day 20 of our “Lent in Isolation” series from Michelle Higgins. This week we are praying with God’s children in the struggle for liberation. Today we remember Saints Maya, Martin and Coretta.
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Day 19 of our “Lent in Isolation” series from Michelle Higgins. This week we are praying with Freedom Fighters in Black history. Our theme is inspired by God’s Trombones from James Weldon Johnson, whose psalm “Lift Every Voice” is our prayer guide today.
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For this week of “Lent in Isolation” we are praying with Freedom Fighting Saints in Black History; believing God to use their testimonies to lead us away from our doubts and depressions, and lead us into hope. Today we pray with the Thompson sisters, whose words helped bridge the eras between Civil War and Civil Rights.
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Michelle is praying with Marian Wright Edelman today, who delivers a column every Friday that we recommend! On March 13th she shared original texts to encourage prayer practices in this time of crisis. You’ll find this prayer among the quotes from her speeches we use to direct our intercessions this morning.
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Daily reflections during this “Lent in Isolation” continue, for the sake of spiritual health and connection across distance from so many we love. Today we are praying with Ella Baker who gave us these timely words: “People cannot be free until they realize that peace is not the absence of war or struggle, it is the presence of justice.”
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This morning we’re praying in the words of Mamie Till, mother of Emmett, whose work and determination restored a joy she thought she would never see. “Throughout my life I have heard a great many stories about how people received the call to their life’s mission. I have to smile when I recall how I received mine.”
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For this week of “Lent in Isolation” we are praying with Freedom Fighting Saints in Black History; believing God to use their testimonies to lead us away from our doubts and depressions, and lead us into hope.
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God is not fragile to complaints, but has an answer for us! The Lord both hears our confession and helps our unbelief. We are praying Habakkuk’s response of praise to God’s promise, as a practice of building hope in nothing less.
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Michelle Higgins prays with John the Baptizer this morning. “Give us faith to believe that there are brighter days ahead, even if we will not see them. Give us grace to bring our burning fears and questions, O Lord, before Your Mercy Seat. And give us ears to hear Your answer. Listen Lord, we hate it here; Help our unbelief.”
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Day 11 of our “Lent in Isolation” series. This week we are praying with God’s people in scripture, building a prayer practice of empathy and presence with the most vulnerable. Today’s reflection centers the wisdom of Ecclesiastes as a warning not to make foolish vows.
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Day 10 of “Lent in Isolation” with Michelle Higgins. This week we are praying with God’s children in scripture. Our theme is inspired by God’s Trombones from James Weldon Johnson and Ecclesiastes 2.17. Our goal is fellowship across distance, building a prayer practice of empathy and presence in spite of separation, by any means necessary.
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