In this sermon, Peter Haas explores the disciple’s failure to stay awake in the Garden of Gethsemane, telling a poignant personal story about his own failure to care for someone in need. The sermon was preached on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX.
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Holy Spirit: Anoint us with the warmth of Divine love, made visible in the exchange of our words and glances toward You and one another. Turn our curiosities of faith into God-devotion. Transform our private scripture reading into Your personal love-making with us in the inner chamber of our heart, lifting our sorrows into sheer [...]
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God of Unending Welcome: Urge our hearts into relentless honesty to know our truth hidden by the masks we wear in a world that doesn’t feel quite safe to reveal the depth of our being. Where we feel mocked, inspire connected courage that feels the oneness of our human life beyond all the differences. Where [...]
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God of the humble: With Mary, the mother of Jesus, we dedicate our inner being to the shelter and cultivation of the living Christ. Overshadow us with your Spirit of Life, and bring to bear through us this day a further incarnation of light, life and love. We, the simple and unadorned. We the masses. [...]
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O God: May our words reveal the presence of love. May our understanding deepen through silence. Expand the meaning of each word of scripture so that it leads us to the fullness of wisdom enlightening our being and casting illumination upon our present and future way of living. Your work in us and our [...]
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Holy God, Name beyond all Names: Your Love announces to our innermost fears and insecurities an intention to transform us into vessels of your Life. With Mary we surrender to the overshadowing presence of Spirit raising us to meet our unexpected destiny as bearers of Christ. Through this silent formation you touch our lives so [...]
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The season of Advent began yesterday with the first Sunday of Advent. During Advent we recall the appearance of the Lord among us as Emmanuel on the stage of human history. Yet Advent is not just about history. The church also waits and ponders again the mystery of the Incarnation and its ongoing personal implication [...]
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Southern Wind of Christ: Fill me with the warmth of love to be among the poor and broken not as a giver of something they need but as someone who sees faces and bodies as Eucharist in our midst. In emptiness, you rush in. In brokenness, you heal. In suffering, you embrace. Take us deeply [...]
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You call us to the Center to show us the certainty that there is nothing that can separate us from your love. You call us to the Circumference of love to verify its endless embrace, demonstrating the truth that Christ is All in All. Here we are cast in between love and more love. Here [...]
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Guiding Grace of God: Saturate each one of us with wisdom to choose the ultimate good. Draw our hearts into prayer so to discern your guidance for the decisions of this day. Show us how to use the night hours of silence and the day hours of waiting to seek your counsel in all [...]
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