For Orlando, For the USA
In Orlando early Sunday, 50 people died in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S history, domestic hate and terror focused on a popular gay nightclub. This is a prayer of…
Read articleA Liturgy after Terror Attacks
This is a four-prayer liturgy to be used after terror strikes. “For Terror Survivors” and “To the Terrorist” are from “A Liturgy for 9-11.” “Let Tranquility…
Read articleFor Brussels
A prayer of solidarity and healing after the terror attacks in Brussels. The closing stanza is written in English and the three official languages of Belgium: Dutch, German and French. For Brussels…
Read articlePour Paris
This is a full translation of a prayer of solidarity and healing “For Paris” that I wrote immediately after last month’s terror attack. The original prayer includes…
Read articleFor Paris
This is a prayer of solidarity and healing after Friday night’s terror attack in Paris. Here’s a link to this prayer translated into French. For Paris Author of life,…
Read articleFor Mother Emanuel / Church of the Multiplication: Racist Violence against Houses of Worship
On Wednesday night, nine people were killed during a shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, an historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The oldest…
Read articleAux Juifs de France, Modifié
This is a prayer for the Jews of France after the terror attack on a kosher market in Paris. The prayer appears first in French followed by…
Read articleNoach: Always this Wonder
This is a prayer that our children remember pure joy of laughter and play. It’s a prayer that we remember our own innocence and love. After…
Read articleFire and Water
Love and despair can be like fire. Truth can be like water, keeping the fires that fuel our emotions – the passions that make us human…
Read articleAfter a Deadly Anti-Semitic Attack
This prayer is a response to Saturday’s anti-Semitic terror attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Again, Israelis and Jews targeted and dead. This is an adaptation of…
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