The prayer that Jesus instructs his followers to pray is a communal prayer, asking not for God to fill my needs, but for the needs of all in the community to be filled. Not just for God to forgive my sins, but for an economy of mercy to prevail in all our dealings with one another. In short, it is a prayer that requires something those who pray it.
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“You have a hard job,” said the man I was sitting with at 3:30 am, whose elderly mother had just passed away. I sat with him so he wouldn’t be alone, and listened to him share feelings of disbelief…
Two years ago my parents, partner and I traveled halfway down Baja California, Mexico, to a remote place called Scammon’s Lagoon, where hundreds of gray whales journey each year to mate and give birth. We joined a tour boat that went out on the lagoon, where we sat for about an hour watching as hundreds of whales leapt, mated, and played around us.
After attending an exhibition of Edvard Munch at the Met Breuer, a brief reflection on art as another way to heal, pray, and do theology.