Prayers

Some days you don't have the words — you just need one already shaped, to hand back to God. These are for those days: short prayers for the ordinary hours and the hard ones, to say as your own whenever you need them. Pull up a chair.

A Morning Prayer

To begin the day

An Evening Prayer

To lay the day down

A Prayer for the Sick

For when someone you love is ill

A Prayer for Healing

For the body, the heart, the broken places

A Prayer for Healing for a Friend

For a friend who is hurting

A Prayer Before Surgery

For the night before and the morning of

A Prayer for Comfort in Grief

For the hard days and the harder nights

A Prayer for Strength

When you're running on empty

A Prayer for Peace

When the worry won't quiet

A Prayer for Protection

Over your household tonight

A Prayer for My Children

For the ones you can't follow everywhere

A Prayer for My Grandchild

For the little ones you love

A Prayer for My Husband

For the one who carries the other end

A Prayer for a New Baby

For the early days

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Stopping to name what's good

A Prayer for Anxiety

For the racing thoughts and the worry that won't let go.

A Prayer for Guidance

When you don't know the next step and the road ahead is hidden.

A Prayer for Forgiveness

For the weight of what we've done and what was done to us.

A Prayer for My Family

For the ones under your roof and the ones beyond it.

A Prayer for Patience

For the waiting season and the trust it takes to let God work.