Linn Possell, 
the wonderful consultant on Aging and Spirituality, who has been working with St. Andrew UCC this year suggested that people of the church and Patricia and I would strengthen our connection with each other by sharing in a common, daily, spiritual practice.
We agree.
So we offer you these two prayers, should you be so inclined, for each morning and evening from August 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012. Wherever we are, we will pray these prayers. Who can say what vibrancy, beauty, grace might come from this shared practice!
Morning Prayer
May our eyes
see God’s beauty
dancing
within this day.
May our ears
hear God’s grace
whispered
within this day.
May our hands
do God’s love
tenderly
within this day.
May we know
we are
a dwelling place
for God who is
beneath,
within,
above,
behind,
beside,
before.
Oh yes.
Amen
Evening Prayer
Now
at the close of this day we pause
to say thank you
for opening our eyes, ears, hands, and minds
to the ways
you are in the world.
Through this night
may your rest
be with the weary,
may your solace
be with the brokenhearted,
may your healing
be with the ill,
may your peace
be with the troubled,
may your justice,
be with the oppressed.
May your comfort and delight
be with
family and friends
everywhere.
Oh yes.
Amen
May those of you reading this post be met by God in precisely the place you most need to be met.
Let us know about your experience with your practice of praying these two prayers.
Thank you Jan L. Richardson for your prayer inspiration: In the Sanctuary of Women.
Would you like to receive the prayers as a printed book mark? Leave a reply, along with your address, and we’ll ask Rose to mail you one.
wells-of-wellness 
These two prayers are amazing and wonderful. I would love to receive the prayeers as a printed bookmark. Blessings, Susan Cheney, 26233 Seminole Lakes Blvd, Punta Gorda, FL 33955.
Thanks Susan. Have requested Rose to send you the prayers. phil
Phil & Patrica,
Thank you for sharing these prayers. They truly are amazing and wonderful and will remember you both as I pray them. gary
Thank you Gary! We are grateful.
Hi there – we will be praying with you during the next few months!
perfect . . .see you in Yachats
Your two prayers…I want them to become the start and end of my day. I’ll let you know what happens in between.
Bernie
Thank you Bernie. We look forward to learning from you about your journey with the prayers . . . and “what happens in between.”
I would love to receive a bookmark copy of the Two Prayers! I am a former student of both Bernie and Marlyn Hupperts (and Arlene Trettin’s daughter). I am currently serving as the youth Pastor at Cong. UCC in Neenah and would love to roll out this program with my youth in a few weeks when we are at Moon Beach (your old stomping grounds). Thanks so much for sharing!
Please send it to me at 1511 Nicolet Blvd., Neenah, WI 54956
Blessings on your journey!
Kristin Underwood
Thanks Kristin. Great to hear from you in this way. Hope you have a wonderful time at Moon Beach. Will Ask Rose to put a bookmark in the mail to you.