Today’s thought is by Frederick Buechner
Many an atheist is a believer without knowing it just as many a believer is an atheist without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn’t. – Frederick Buechner
O Christ, the bright and morning star, when the night of this world is past bring us with your saints to your promised light and to that life which opens into everlasting day. Amen.
The Venerable Bede (c.673-735)
Reconciling God, we pray for those in rural communities who feel lonely. May those who work on the land and who live in remote villages feel your presence, your comfort and your strength. May justice and peace reach out and touch their lives. As we become more aware of country-dwellers’ struggles with depression, isolation, confusion and uncertainty, may we all work together to build a sustainable future. May those in town and country, cities and villages be reconciled to you. We pray in the name of the Good Shepherd. Amen.