Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause & Pray with us. Today’s Pause & Pray is curated by Beth Quick, Director of the Chapel.

Image: “Speak Up” by Alison Le

Pray

“A Prayer for Steady Hearts,” from Rev. Cameron Trimble
(https://www.pilotingfaith.org/p/the-quiet-builders)

O God,

When the foundations shake and the halls of power turn against the common good,
hold us steady.
Keep our hands from despair and our hearts from hardening.
Let us remember the long line of those who built and rebuilt
when it seemed the world would come apart.

Give us courage to speak when silence is easier.
Give us patience to tend the small places others overlook.
Let our work—seen or unseen—
become part of the great mending You are already weaving.

And when we grow weary,
remind us of the ones who walk beside us in this age and every age—
ancestors, prophets, neighbors, strangers—
all building the world that love requires.

Amen.

Meditate

(Questions from Rev. Cameron Trimble)

Who are the quiet builders whose work you now stand upon?

What part of the “unfinished construction” of a just and generous world calls most deeply to you?

How can you keep your spirit steady for the long work ahead?

Listen

The Porter’s Gate – “Nothing to Fear” (feat. Audrey Assad)