Oscar Romero: God’s Microphone

God’s best microphone is Christ, and Christ’s best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. … God’s best microphone is Christ, and Christ’s best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. Let each one of you, in your own job, in your own vocation—nun, married person, bishop, … Read more

Prayer: Charles Henry Brent

O God, whose low, sweet song of love is never silent in the souls of men, make us skilled to hear the music of Thy counsels, that, vibrating with Thy message, we may learn to sing to Thee in tones of freedom and responsive joy, and so complete the antiphony that draws earth within the … Read more

Christian Century: My prayer for soldiers

Professor Brian Bantum of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary shares his prayer for service-members, reflecting the complexity of patriotism, race and national hope: Gracious God, we find ourselves in a world not of our own making, I prayed. Sometimes it feels like we are creatures utterly different from cardinals or the deer that I see every morning. … Read more

May Day closing prayer

by Rev. Jason Wells, prayed at the closing of the May 1, 2025 rally in Concord, NH, based on the Lord’s Prayer. See coverage of the event on InDepthNH. Good and gracious God,deliver us from the evilof rejecting the divine image in which we are createdof rejecting that dignity, value and infinite worth you alone … Read more

MLK Celebration Invocation

by Rev. Jason Wells, prayed at the January 16, 2023 MLK Celebration. See more details about that event. Good and gracious God, fill us with fear as we call upon, as we invoke your name today. Give us the gift of fear that we dare not come here to “build the tombs of a prophet.” … Read more