A Prayer for Parents Who Don’t Know What They Are Doing

Prayers that I wished existed for every sort of occasion

I am going to try to something new. Each week, after I write the weekly post, a few days later, I am going to send an accompanying prayer related to the topic. Selfishly, I am doing in this in part for me: I always am on the hunt for more written prayers. I use written prayers often in my work to pray for larger groups, but I also love written prayers for my personal piety. Sometimes it is nice when I do not have the words to use someone else’s.

I will see if this resonates—let me know. I have said that I would like this space to serve a broader focus than religiosity and spirituality even though I am a priest, so the main weekly post will continue to follow the typical and familiar format. I will watch the email open rate, and if it seems that it does not interest the majority of readers, I may let these go after a time, but for now, let’s try it out, shall we?

I have taken inspiration from Kate Bowler’s blessings (which I love!) but some of her blessings are so personal (and lengthy) …