Wear Your Mask!

Are you there, God?  It's me, a parent in a pandemic and a city filled with racial unrest. 

I could really use

your help!

We know this season requires sacrifice

Help us be gentle with ourselves

As we show up

In unexpected ways and in unexpected days

We need Your help, O God.

We don't know how to hold

The weight of expectations

And we feel our limitations

As we navigate pressures

And parenting (NTI Instruction, Online School)

And politics (& Racial Unrest & Violence)

And a pandemic

We need Your help, O God.

Meet us here in our humanity

For your power is made perfect in weakness

And may the gentleness we give ourselves

Pour out in our interactions

With our families

And our neighbors

And even those who leave us scratching our heads

We need Your help, O God.

(Prayer by Liturgies for Parents)

I'm doing my best!

T