Lori

Posts written by Pastor Lorl, St. Peter's UCC, Carmel, IN

  • Bring your full self

    11/29/2022
    A single candle is lit with the words: You say, Bring your full self. There's room for you here. But we say, Our lives are too messy.

    On Sunday, November 27, 2022, we celebrated the first Sunday of Advent. It included this Prayer of Confession that leads with Bring Your Full Self. 

     

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  • Prayer as a ritual act

    11/16/2022
    Brown table with 8 votive candles and a few red petals. The words are May the radiance of this light pour out upon our hearts.

    Sometimes prayer is a ritual act. 

     

    Today, many of us are greeted by a persistent grayness in the sky around us. The clouds are thick. The sun is hidden.  

     

    Today, some of us feel a dreariness in our souls. 

     

    Today, some of us hurt, but we’re not even sure why. 

     

    And yet, today, there is hope, and it can be found in the simple act of lighting a candle. 

     

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  • Not Complicated

    05/03/2021

    Following those prayers, my thoughts today are pretty simple: there is always more, and sometimes enough is enough.

     

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  • From Where I Sit

    04/26/2021

    I’m writing to you from my couch once again, and the scene before me is actually sort of interesting. It’s the same thing I’ve been looking at for nearly a month now, but today, THIS is what I see: 

     

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