Right Where We Are

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Deuteronomy 30:11-14 from the New Living Translation, Common English Bible, and The Message . May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a small excerpt from the novel Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature The Serenity Prayer written by Reinhold Neibuhr. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept

the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

enjoying one moment at a time;

accepting hardship as the pathway to peace;

taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,

not as I would have it;

trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His will;

that I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely  happy with Him forever

in the  next.

Amen”

- Reinhold Neibuhr

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Isaiah 43:1-3 from the New Living Translation, New International Version and the Christian Standard Bible. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a prayer from Pope Leo XIV from the World Wide Prayer Network.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

“ Lord Jesus, living Word of the Father,

in You we find the light that guides our steps.

We know that the human heart lives restless,

hungry for meaning,

and only your Gospel can give it peace and fullness.

Teach us to listen to you each day in the Scriptures,

to let ourselves be challenged by your voice,

and to discern our decisions from the closeness to your Heart.

May your Word be nourishment in weariness,

hope in darkness, and strength in our communities.

Lord, may your Word never be absent from our lips or from our hearts –

the Word that makes us sons and daughters,

brothers and sisters, disciples and missionaries of your Kingdom.

Make us a Church that prays with the Word,

that is built upon it and shares it with joy,

so that in every person the hope of a new world may be born again.

May our faith grow in the encounter with you through your Word,

moving us from the heart to reach out to others,

to serve the most vulnerable,

to forgive, build bridges, and proclaim life.

Amen.”

-Pope Leo XIV

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature the Prayer of the Farm Workers’ Struggle by Cesar Chavez .  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a prayer by John Philip Newell from his book Celtic Benediction.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

“In the beginning, O God,

your Spirit swept over the chaotic deep like a wild wind

and creation was born.

In the turbulence of my own life

and the unsettled waters of the world today

let there be new birthings of your Spirit.

In the currents of my own heart

and the upheavals of the world today

let there be new birthings of your mighty Spirit.”

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature John 15: 1-8 from the Common English Bible.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Colossians 1: 15-20 from the Common English Bible.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a small portion of text on gratitude from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything

He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath

we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace,

for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore 

takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly 

awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God.

For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by

experience. And that is what makes all the difference."

-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude