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March 8 - 29 | Dear God
Prayer can feel awkward, forced, or like something we’re supposed to already understand. Let’s explore prayer not as a performance or a way to convince God to act, but as a practice of honesty, attention, and connection. Whether you pray every day or aren’t sure who you’d even be talking to, this series is an invitation to live a little more awake.
Dear God begins on March 8 and goes through March 29. Here’s what we’ll be talking about…
March 8 | Dear Who? For many, certainty is the assumption before approaching prayer. This week, we’ll gently unpack the “God boxes” we’ve inherited and consider whether prayer begins not with certainty, but with an openness to mystery. If God is bigger than our categories, maybe prayer starts with wonder. We might even discover that we pray a lot more than we thought…
VIDEO | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | DISCUSSION GUIDE
March 15 | Dear Me. What if prayer isn’t about convincing God to act, but about becoming more awake to ourselves and each other? This week, we’ll explore prayer as self-honesty, integration, and connection, discovering that we can’t draw closer to the divine without also drawing closer to our own souls and our neighbors. [With up to 21 inches of snow predicted, the Fabric staff recorded and released a video version of the message to be watched from home].
YOUTUBE MESSAGE | PODCAST | DISCUSSION GUIDE
March 22 | Dear People. Prayer isn’t just words; it’s breath, movement, song, and solidarity. This Sunday, we’ll experiment with prayer through interactive stations and shared practices, guided in song by Brother Timothy Frantzich, and consider how prayer shapes how we show up in the world. Come ready to participate, contemplate, reflect, and practice together.
LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | DISCUSSION GUIDE
March 29 | Honestly?! Prayer doesn’t have to be polite or perfect. We’ll explore prayer as truth-telling– anger, doubt, gratitude, grief, longing– and consider how honest prayer weaves us more deeply into community and even action. If God can handle the universe, perhaps God can handle your real feelings?? Then in the afternoon, let’s join up with thousands of others for the Palm Sunday Path action in St. Paul… because if we get quiet, the earth itself would cry out for justice and love.
LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | DISCUSSION GUIDE