St. Francis' Prayer

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”

St. Francis of Assisi

This was my mom's favorite prayer when I was young.

Our Words for Prayer

Here is the first post to Epworth UMC Prayer Blog. Thank you Lord, another blog to manage!!
But really, this is new for me because I am hoping to get others involved in the authoring of this site. I am excited to see where this blog leads...
While listening to the inspirational station on the FM, I heard a story pointing out the Inuit peoples of Alaska actually have 17 words for snow in their active vernacular. It is such a large part of their lives they can describe it 17 specific ways. While we as a society know only one word for prayer.

I wondered about this...do we only know one word for prayer? So I am asking those in my community to respond...research...ask around, maybe....and lets really see how many ways we can describe prayer in our lives.

This blog is designed to be an open resource for communication in our church, so if you are a member of Epworth and would like to share, please contact Kara B. and I will get you access!
Otherwise visitors can respond to the individual stories and prayer that will gather in this digital space.