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A Collect for Wisdom in Conflict
“Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.†– Luke 10:40 (ESV) Patient Lord, who knows…
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A Collect for Hearing and Humility
‘And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.’ – Luke 10:39 (ESV) Lord Jesus, who welcomes…
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A Collect for Focus
‘And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving.’…
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A Collect for Compassion and Forgiveness
‘Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we…
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A Collect for Compassion
‘Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?†He said, “The one who showed him…
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A Collect for Vulnerability
‘And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.†But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And…
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A Collect for Gratitude and Mission
“The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, ‘Return to your home, and…
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A Collect for Courage in the Face of Goodness
“Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the…
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A Collect for Fear and Love
“Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man…
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A Collect for Wisdom in Creation
“You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the…