prayer – Red Letter Christians

‘Not Real Christians’: Communal Confession for a Faith Divided

January 12, 2021

We must still raise our voices to denounce Christian pursuit of power and boldly denounce cycles of violence perpetuated in the name of Jesus. We also seek that justice be given to those involved in last week’s events. Nevertheless, we can still own and apologize to a watching world the sins that our fellow siblings have committed.

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee

November 25, 2020

Creation & Environment, General, Race

But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

For These Next Seven Days: A Prayer for Those Filled With Dread

Benjamin Boswell

October 27, 2020

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Theology

Let not our hearts sink into anxiety and dread by the unceasing spin cycle of 24 hour news or the bread and circuses of the imperial intrigue. Instead . . .

Cathedral of the Tropics and Worshipping Through a Pandemic

Brendan Blowers De Leon

September 24, 2020

Church Life, Creation & Environment, Global

Our reactions and feelings of loss toward having our weekly temple worship stripped away might reveal something of an idolatry within us. Have we become too dependent, too anchored, too confined to the temple walls and to the warm fuzzies we get from the familiarity with our siblings in the church?

For Every Time: A Prayer for Moral Revival

Benjamin Boswell

September 1, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Race, Revival

For every time we preached about the blood of Jesus and did not talk about the blood of Breonna Taylor…George Floyd…Ahamad Arbury…Jacob Blake…and so many more…[Say all their names!]. We repent and we turn toward justice.

When Children Learn They Are Black

Susan Smith

August 21, 2020

Family and Parenting, General, Race

This society does not give voice, as a rule, to the experiences little children carry about how they “learned” they were black in this country.

Hurts That Hurt: A Litany for Surviving Trauma and Finding Help for Healing

Elaina Ramsey

August 19, 2020

Books, Church Life, General

For those of us who have survived war, abandonment, cancer, abuse, the loss of a loved one, or generational trauma, this litany is for us.

Disabilities and the Body of Christ

Ashley Zanatelli

August 5, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

I think it’s more a reflection of the cultural values of strength, conformity, and health that we assume that any mention of a disability in the Christian world is also a cry for healing.

A Prayer Request for Tony and Update From the Campolo Family

RLC Editor

July 6, 2020

Church Life, General

Red Letter Community, please read the letter shared by Tony's family below: Dear Friends, On the evening of June 20 our father, Tony Campolo, had a stroke that partially paralyzed the left side of his fa...