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.”
Genesis 22:1-14
“The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Proper 8A
June 28, 2026
Genesis 21:8-21
“do not let me look on the death of the child”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Jeremiah 20:7-13
“all my close friends are watching for me to stumble”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Matthew 10:24-39
“are not two sparrows sold for a penny?”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Luke 1:46-55
“my spirit rejoices in God my Savior”
NL
June 21, 2026
Genesis 18:1-15 & 21:1-7
“but Sarah denied, saying, ‘I did not laugh,’ for she was afraid.”
Proper 6A
June 14, 2026
Ruth 3:1-18
“the man was startled and turned over, and there, lying at his feet, was a woman!”
NL
June 14, 2026
1 Kings 1
“let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant”
Galatians 4
“you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God”