Prayers for Learning, Living, and Loving In Between MINDY McGARRAH SHARP Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care & MAPT Program Director
In between virus and vaccine, God comfort all who are ill and guide all who care for the sick. Spark wonder in science and awe in the strange beauty of creation. God help us endure.
In between fall and spring, God remind all caretakers that new life remembered at Christmas is worthy of ongoing celebration and praise. Empower all caretakers to nurture creation’s crawling. God help us move ever deeper into an inclusive desire for living, loving, and learning.
In between election and transition, God be wisdom and truth that honors collective dreams and visions for nations that desire and abide in peace. God help us expect and enact accountable and just practices. God help us mend old and new wounds. God help us transform words and weapons from machetes into maracas.
In between seed and fruit, God nourish rich dark soil, tap thirstquenching streams, direct sunbeams to neglected concrete cracks and planted rows of crops alike. God help us soften even the frozen places of our hearts.
In between neighbors, God bring reconciliation, interdependence, mutual concern, and desire for well-being for all people. God be both the potter who makes and the mosaic artist who remakes. God help us notice beauty.
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In between isolation and shared meals, God hold tender fragments of memories and hopes, help us honor absences and longings with dignity, and sparkle in glimpses of delight. God help us reimagine what it could be to feast. In between here and there, God embolden all your children to resist hatred, renounce investment in oppression, awaken compassion where care and concern are lacking. God help us turn walls into bridges.
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