Prayer of Confession Contemplating America’s 250th Anniversary
“we hear histories told backwards, shuffled and reconstructed to assure us that the ideas we like best are at the heart of who we’ve always been.”
Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
“happy are the people who know the festal shout”
Proper 8A
June 28, 2026
Romans 6:12-23
“present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life”
Proper 8A
June 28, 2026
Psalm 144:3-4, 12-15
“they are like a breath; their days are like a passing shadow”
A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 8
June 28, 2026
1 Kings 6
“the house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high”
1 Kings 5
“I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God”
1 Kings 4
“King Solomon was king over all Israel”
Genesis 21:8-21
“do not let me look on the death of the child”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
“turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Jeremiah 20:7-13
“all my close friends are watching for me to stumble”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026