May the fourth be with you! 

It's May already, and we are pretty sure that this month holds both beautiful and busy moments. How do we nurture #pastoralimagination when our calendars and our must-do's are piling up? 

We want to share some PRAYERS, BLESSINGS, and RESOURCES to support you. Here are a few things to help you out: 

A Blessing for Ordination

In this impossible world of brokenness and suffering, we offer this prayer of blessing for everyone receiving ordination for ministry. Download this blessing using the button below. 

A Blessing for Graduates

Share this blessing with a graduate, in your church, or a school service. Download this blessing using the button below. 

A Blessing for Family and Beloveds 

This blessing is for the family and beloved of a graduate, who offered support, love, and kindness to their beloved student. Download this blessing using the button below. 

A Blessing for Professors and Mentors

This blessing is for professors and mentors during the graduation season. The blessing gives thanks for people committed to teaching and generosity with their students. Download this blessing using the button below. 

A Blessing for Seminary

Share this blessing with someone beginning the wonderful and disorienting journey of seminary or divinity school. Download this blessing using the button below. 

FINDING OUR WAY - A New Study! 

What will your small group, leadership team, seminary cohort, deacon body or Sunday School class do together in Ordinary Time? What if it's time to talk about finding our way?

Together we need to address: what has been lost, what is needed now, and how to move forward. 

Get your copy of the Pandemic Pastoring Study Guide - available now!   

Invisible Legacies Lesson Plan

Another resource for Ordinary Time! Do you think about invisible legacies? Here is a short lesson plan for you to consider the hidden spiritual work of encouragement, support, and meaningful contributions.

PRAYERS

A Prayer for Loss

Sometimes life and loss and longing and love in this season are more than our words can contain. Let this prayer, punctuated by silence, help you hold and carry the fullness and the emptiness of life.

A Prayer for Mother's Day

This is a mother’s day prayer. Yet it is not like the ones I grew up hearing. This prayer is more of a psalm and a lament. It lifts up to God the painful and unspeakable facets of mothering and mother’s day. It also honors the gifts and graces of mothering. God in her wisdom sees and hears it all. There is no truth we cannot pray. 

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