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
Matthew 10:40-42
“whoever given even a cup of cold water to one of theses little ones”
Proper 8A
June 28, 2026
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
Romans 6:1b-11
“all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Ruth 4:1-22
“blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin”
NL
June 21, 2026