by Federated Church East Arlington | Apr 7, 2021 | prayers
Resurrection is all around us on this Easter week, Creator God. The daffodils that were still closed yesterday are waving their yellow flowers at us today, brown grass is slowly greening, and even the birds seem to be dancing with joy. We have the renewed energy to...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Mar 31, 2021 | prayers
Walk with us through this Holy Week, Loving God. Through the glory of waving palms, through the humble washing of tired feet, through a meal that is so much more than what’s on the table, through the betrayal by friends, through brutality by Empire, through the...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Mar 27, 2021 | prayers
So much hope when spring finally seems to show itself in robins, budding trees and that bit of purple crocus that gets less and less shy with each new day. Creator God, sap is still being gathered and the potholes that winter brought are still in evidence so we know...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Mar 17, 2021 | prayers
Holy One, we are on the edge. Daylight Saving Time has begun and we have more sunshine to enjoy. Spring is just about to burst forth with color and warmth. Vaccinations are providing light at the end of a year-long tunnel. As such newness beckons us, may we walk...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Mar 10, 2021 | prayers
One year. In the life of a baby or a child or a teen, it marks more teeth, bigger shoes, another grade. This one year, O God, has been marked with fear and isolation, illness and death, masks and distance. And yet it has also been marked by creative connections,...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Feb 24, 2021 | prayers
Clearing the way continues, Gracious God. As this shortest of months brings more snow to shovel but with an end in sight, there are also the warming temperatures and the melting that happens – a way for the greening of spring, a path through a pandemic, a...
