All Creation Sings: A Song for Sending
When we gather for worship, we gather to be sent. Our baptism into Christ sends us into the world. During the pandemic this sending has taken on a different character. In a time when we are advised to stay home...
All Creation Sings: Prayers, Thanksgivings, and Laments
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” (Isaiah 40:6) There are times when words fail us, when we search for what to say but crying out or sighing must suffice. Yet there are also times...
All Creation Sings: Hymns of Lament and Healing
When we must bear persistent pain and suffer with no cure in sight, come, Holy Presence, breathe your peace with gifts of warmth and healing light. These words by Ruth Duck are the opening stanza to “When We Must...
Daily Prayer in the Home
“I arise early in the morning and I cry out to you, I hope for your word. My eyes are open in the night watches, that I may meditate upon your promise.” (Psalm 119:147-148) During this time of pandemic...
All Creation Sings: Liturgies
It is an odd time to be looking ahead. In our lives at church, work, and home, we are taking things one day at a time. Our worship has moved to the home and our gatherings with our fellow members...
Helping People Make Ritual at Home after a Death
Today’s post is written by Elaine Ramshaw, PhD, an ELCA laywoman, the author of Ritual and Pastoral Care and The Godparent Book (just out in a revised edition). She has studied the literature on ritual for transitions in the...