Veterans
During the day, I pray a lot of "are you kidding me?!" type prayers, and a lot of "Please God protect" kind of prayers, and a fair number...
Clear Thinking
Dear God, please bless the writing teachers. They know the world does not need another batch of five page essays on Moby Dick. But they...
White Rose
Dear God, please bless all those whose resistance cannot be publicized. I have known many wonderful administrative assistants and...
Elders
Steadfast God, thank you for the elders in the struggle. I am thinking particularly of a woman at church who told me in November that we...
Coders
Dear God, please bless the coders working in Berkeley and some twenty other places around the country to preserve all the intricate...
Music
Dear God, please bless the musicians who give us strength to resist, who tell the truth, who cast visions of new realities, and who...
In Person
God, please bless all the people who are showing up at town halls, rallies, and protests. It makes such a difference to show up in...
Todd G. May, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Sears
Dear God, I give thanks for all the schools across the country, from Ivy League universities to the Jefferson County Public Schools in...
Ninth Circuit
Holy God, tonight I want to pray for the judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. I ask you--God of justice,...
Persistence
Faithful and steadfast God, please bless every person who persists in talking about the sin of racism that plagues us. In our broken...