Category: Book of Common Prayer

011 Silence: A Prayer for Quiet Confidence

011 Silence: A Prayer for Quiet Confidence

Hate silence? So do I. In this episode, Carolyn introduces a Prayer for Quiet Confidence. She shares her experience struggling to discern God’s will and discusses how she built a stronger relationship with the divine by quieting her self-doubt, leaning into silence, and taking positive action. A Prayer for Quiet Confidence O God of peace, who …

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010 Direction: A Prayer for Guidance

010 Direction: A Prayer for Guidance

Feeling lost? In this episode, Carolyn introduces a Prayer for Guidance. Learn about God’s faithfulness even in the darkest times and practice asking God for help in figuring out what steps come next. A Prayer for Guidance (traditional) O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light riseth up in darkness for the …

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007 Love: A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis

007 Love: A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis

In this episode, Carolyn discusses the life and legacy of St. Francis of Assisi and introduces a prayer that calls us to make the world just a little bit better. A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, …

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005 Calling: A Prayer of Self-Dedication

005 Calling: A Prayer of Self-Dedication

In this episode, Carolyn imagines God speaking to us through billboards, introduces the Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer, and shares a short prayer to help us align ourselves with God’s work in our lives. A Prayer of Self-Dedication Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to thee, so guide our minds, so fill our …

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004 Evening: Song of Simeon

004 Evening: Song of Simeon

Trouble falling asleep? In this episode, Carolyn introduces her favorite Evening Prayer, the Song of Simeon, and unpacks our desire to know that God has a plan for us. The Song of Simeon Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in …

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