Posts tagged ‘father’

In Memoriam, Our Matriarch

This is a new memorial prayer for the family matriarch. Here’s a link to the companion prayer, “In Memoriam, Our Patriarch.” These prayers are based on…

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In Memoriam, Our Patriarch

This is a new memorial prayer for the family patriarch. The companion prayer, “In Memoriam, Our Matriarch,” will be posted in the next few weeks. In…

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Vayishlach 5775: Family Healing

In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob attempts to reconcile with his brother. This is a prayer for healing family wounds. Much as Jacob prepared to encounter…

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Father’s Meditation, Revised

This prayer is to be said by fathers with children who have begun their independent lives. It’s a revision to a prayer of the same name.…

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Family Healing

This is a prayer for healing family wounds. Choices to tailor the prayer to particular situations are in [brackets]. Use this or other language to describe…

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For A Critically-Ill Father

This is a healing prayer for fathers, structured in parallel to my prayer “For a Critically-Ill Mother.” My prayer “For a Critically-Ill Child” has a decidedly…

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For Family

This prayer is about remembering the love of family and the desire to heal the wounds that can come between us. A quick note about the…

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A Prayer for Dad

Here’s a prayer for Father’s Day.  It’s from a series of prayers celebrating family. Each opens with the tone of psalm and ends with a blessing.…

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For the Family Historian

This is a prayer for the one who holds the flame of family history. I wrote it in honor of our family historian, Irwin Keller. Irwin…

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