Prayers for Pastors

Preacher’s Saturday (a prayer)

Martha Spong

baseball march 8March afternoon
playing catch
with the boy
no coats required

Sweet onions brown
fragrant in olive oil
an aromatic curry
food for thought

01fe29ca1a0dfa97601a3377c9fd09260c57c70acfFingers fly
across keys
framing thoughts
formed earlier outside

A rush to finish
mindful of the hour
springing from us
the short night ahead

Jesus in the wilderness
Lazarus in his sisters’ arms
we don’t need much
just words to tell them

You are with us
We are yours
There is love
And oh! your mercy

Published by Martha Spong

Writer. Clergy Coach. United Church of Christ pastor. Executive Director @RevGalBlogPals. Coauthor of "Denial is My Spiritual Practice (and Other Failures of Faith)" (Church Publishing, 2018); editor of "There's a Woman in the Pulpit" (SkyLight Paths, 2015).

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