Sunday, September 22
Autumn Equinox (Northern Hemisphere) – May we celebrate this equinox of balance attending to justice-making and peace-building, bringing greater balance to our world
Spring Equinox (SouthernHemisphere) – May we celebrate this equinox of welcoming spring, new growth, renewal, and delight
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Abundant Love, may we nurture the seeds of making equity and peace each day, at home, in our communities, in the larger world
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Abundant Love, may we nurture the seeds of peace into generous harvests of enoughness, answering inequities and injustice with what is needed
Monday, September 23
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Wisdom, teach us to slow down and use our courageous hearts and connections with one another to navigate the unknown and murky
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Wisdom, teach us to slow down and invite reflection, quiet, space to consider possibilities and skillful actions
Tuesday, September 24
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Wisdom, may we nurture generous contentment with what is indeed good, even as we make efforts to address what is needing change
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Wisdom, may we co-create good memories of shared stories, fun games, little adventures, the stuff that nurtures happy connections
Wednesday, September 25
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Lover of Life, help us remember those we cherish and why we cherish them, holding them tenderly in memory even if we cannot in body
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Lover of Life, may we pause in wonderment with something amazing about this world, this cosmos, or this life and just be with that wow
Thursday, September 26
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Compassion flow through us, and help us nurture peace building and justice making wherever we are and go
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Compassion lift us up, help us welcome and reach out to others in need, doing what we can to ease and soften suffering
Friday, September 27
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Generosity, guide my words, my deeds, my hands, my heart, in all I do, wherever I am and wherever I go
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Generosity, continue to teach us to extend every blessing we can, to share them abundantly, profligately, until all have enough
Saturday, September 28
Morning Prayer/Chalice Lighting - Pause with us, Wisdom, in contemplating life’s complexities, just to survive, let alone thrive, to bring forth wonderment and delight
Evening Prayer/Chalice Extinguishing - Pause with us, Wisdom, in cherishing life’s simplicities, maybe even aspects we take for granted, but today, find reason for thanksgiving