The Prayer Chest 2021
During these trying times it seems there may be an interest in or even a yearning for prayer. Our Prayer Chest is an offering of weekly prayer and spiritual resources. Your ideas and contributions are welcome!
January 6, 2021 – New Year’s Wish, Prayer, Blessing and Resolution – Starhawk
January 13, 2021 – Do not be afraid of the darkness – Stephanie Noble
January 20, 2021 – Let us pray … – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 27, 2021 – Create your own prayer
February 3, 2021 – A prayer for our nation and our world – Rev. William Barber
February 10, 2021 – The Power of Prayer – Caroline Myss
February 17, 2021 – We Must Discover the Power of Love – Bishop Michael Curry
February 24, 2021 – A Prayer by Ruth King
March 3, 2021 – One-by-One: A Prayer as the COVID Death Toll Mounts – Alden Solovy
March 10, 2021 – The Five Remembrances – Thich Nhat Hanh
March 17, 2021 – Old Irish Blessing
March 24, 2021 – A Mealtime Prayer – Kate Braestrup
March 31, 2021 – A Springtime Prayer – Major Reverend George Tyger
April 7, 2021 – On the Cusp of a New Day – Rev. Patrice K. Curtis
April 14, 2021 – The Welcoming Prayer – Mary Mrozowski & Father Keating
April 21, 2021 – Earth, You Are My Body – Rev. Sandra Fees
April 28, 2021 – Prayer for Tired, Angry Ones – Laura Jean Truman
May 5, 2021 – A Prayer for Ramadan – Seyyed Hossein Nasr
May 12, 2021 – A Prayer to Gaia – Sedonia Cahill
May 19, 2021 – A Prayer for Reconciliation – Pádraig Ó Tuama
May 26, 2021 – Compassionate One, Hear My Prayer – Rev. Lilia Cuervo
June 2, 2021 – Why Can’t Prayer Be Our Prayer? – Rev. Adam Lawrence Dyer
June 9, 2021 – Gratitude to Our Ancestors – Rev. Marta I. Valentín
June 16, 2021 – Blessed Are the Queer – HP Rivers
June 23, 2021 – Play – Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
July 7, 2021 – O God, I Need Thee – Howard Thurman
July 14, 2021 – O God, I Need Thee (I Need Thy Sense of Order) – Howard Thurman
July 21, 2021 – O God, I Need Thee (I Need Thy Sense of the Future) – Howard Thurman
July 28, 2021 – Welcoming the Stranger – Tracy Bleakney and Rev. Theresa Soto
August 4, 2021 – Alphabet of the Heart – James Doty
August 11, 2021 – A prayer for feeling burnt out – Kate Bowler
August 18, 2021 – Soul Matters Theme for August: Vision
August 25, 2021 – Mother’s Prayer – Rebecca Solnit
September 1, 2021 – Each Breath – Rev. Leaf Seligman
September 8, 2021 – Part One: HELP – Anne Lamott
September 15, 2021 – Part Two: THANKS – Anne Lamott
September 22, 2021 – Part Three – WOW – Anne Lamott
September 29, 2021 – Soul Matters Theme for September: Embracing Possibility – Marianne Williamson
October 6, 2021 – May I be loving – Larry Yang
October 13, 2021 – Soul Matters Theme for October: Cultivating Relationship – Phyllis Cole-Dai
October 20, 2021 – Dark Testament, Verse 8 – Reverend Dr. Paulie Murray
October 27, 2021 – Prayer for the Deceased – Rev. Sean Parker Dennison
November 3, 2021 – A Prayer Story – Sister José Hobday
November 10, 2021 – Soul Matters Theme for November: Holding History – Kaitlin Curtice
November 17, 2021 – Daily Meditation – The Right Rev. Steven Charleston
November 24, 2021 – Perhaps the World Ends Here – Joy Harjo
December 1, 2021 – Meditation for the End of Chanukah – Alden Solovy
December 8, 2021 – Two Graces – John O’Donohue
December 15, 2021 – Soul Matters Theme for December – Opening to Joy – Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
December 22, 2021 – Do Not Be Afraid of the Darkness – Stephanie Noble
December 25, 2021 – I Will Light Candles This Christmas – Howard Thurman