Author: mgreen

  • A Collect to Love

    A Collect to Love

    Gracious Father, who created all things in goodness and joy, let love be the heart of our lives, that we would desire what is good for you and for those around us even as we desire it for ourselves. We ask this through Jesus, your son, who loved us to the end and now lives…

  • A Collect to Love God Foremost

    A Collect to Love God Foremost

    God in heaven, the one true creator of all that is, incline our hearts to seek you before all things, that our hearts would not be divided but find our goodness centered on you and your ways, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns in perfect joy with you and the Holy Spirit, world…

  • A Collect to Seek God’s Ways

    A Collect to Seek God’s Ways

    True and living God, who has promised goodness to your people, may we continually seek your ways and your presence, that we might know you and receive your blessing and trust that we can walk in safety and peace as we abide within your present and coming kingdom, through Jesus our savior, who reigns with…

  • A Collect for God’s Life to be Evident in Us

    A Collect for God’s Life to be Evident in Us

    Great and awesome God, creator of all that is, let your goodness, love, and joy be manifested in us, that our connection to you and your kingdom ways would be evident to all those who see us and all might rejoice in your work in us, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns…

  • Announcement: The Loving-Kindness Path

    Announcement: The Loving-Kindness Path

    Hello, followers of my collects. Forgive any intrusion. I wanted to announce that over the past year, I’ve been working on something that’s finally ready for release: The Loving-Kindness Path. It’s a series of audio guides that walk you through exercises in loving-kindness meditation and are aimed at helping us train our souls and brains…

  • A Collect for Faithfulness Even in Trouble

    A Collect for Faithfulness Even in Trouble

    Spirit of the living God, who dwells within our deepest hearts, let not persecution or trouble dissuade us from following in your ways, but help us be faithful to love you and one another and even those who trouble us as you have loved us, through Jesus our example, who died that we might live…

  • A Collect to Find Joy in All Circumstances

    A Collect to Find Joy in All Circumstances

    God of wonder, who fashioned a world suited for us, grant us joy even in the face of trouble or persecution, that we would find your goodness enough to sustain us always and rejoice in you love now and forever, through Christ our savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…

  • A Collect for Models to Show the Kingdom Way

    A Collect for Models to Show the Kingdom Way

    Lord Jesus, who has shown us the way to the Father, give us good models of what it is to walk in your Kingdom ways, that we might imitate you and those who follow you well and so take on your blessed way of being, through you who lives and reigns in glory with the…

  • A Collect for our Lives to be Worthy of Remembrance

    A Collect for our Lives to be Worthy of Remembrance

    Our God and Father, who hears the prayers of your children, may we be worthy of being known for our faith, love, and hope, that you would be honored by our actions and our hearts. This we ask through him who reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. ‘We…

  • A Collect to Pray for One Another

    A Collect to Pray for One Another

    Holy Trinity, three in one, let us not forget to pray for one another, that we would lift up to you those whom you have placed in our path and also strengthen our bonds with one another in love, through Christ our Lord, who loved us to the end and now reigns in glory with…