Prayer for Guidance and Protection in Times of Fear
“We lean into Your guidance / like wobbly-legged toddlers.”
Black Holes: For Uvalde
“We cannot live in constant sorrow”
Finding the Words
“No altars for candles and teddy bears. / No petitions, angry protests, or briefings.”
May the Earth Reflect the Heavens: A Prayer for Change
“A heavenly court grows… / They bear witness to / Our ongoing news cycle”
Schein Family Baby Naming Traditions
Baby naming tradition matching Hebrew letters of child’s name to biblical verses
At My Kid’s Gymnastics Class I Read the News from Texas
Poem in response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022
Not in This World or in the Next
“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”
Blessing for Someone Relocating
“We pray that you carry us in your heart to your new home”
From Out of the Narrow Place: Prayer for Pro-Choice Rally
“Let us use our voices and our votes to cry out as loud as we can”
In This Place
“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”