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Evening Prayer – January 28

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 28, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Ah, Lord, you have brought us safely once again to the edge of twilight, where we must confess we are an absent-minded people. Even today we failed to notice your song delivered by the bird on the […]

Evening Prayer – January 27

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 27, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. I Peter 4:10   Even before our eyes opened this frosty morning, your blessings […]

Evening Prayer – January 26

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 26, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade . . . Beloved,  whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about […]

Evening Prayer – January 25

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 25, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens, Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, oh abide with me.   God, Our Refuge and Strength, as we […]

Evening Prayer – January 21

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 21, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O God of the Sun and the Shade, the darkness works its way through the crooked tree limbs all around, leaving us with only luminous outlines of the blessed light that has covered us this day. But […]

Evening Prayer – January 20

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 20, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Blessed One, night tiptoes in softly across the fields and the city streets, altering both the landscape and the perspective of anyone wise enough to notice. Change is in the air, though in our weakness, we struggle […]

Evening Prayer – January 19

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 19, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has chosen as his own. Psalm 33:12 Good and Holy God, we come to you in prayer with our souls wide open, seeking your […]

Evening Prayer – January 18

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 18, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Mountains have a dreamy way of closing up a noisy day In quiet covers, cool and grey. (Leigh Hunt) O God of Presence, the greyness settles in across our beloved mountains and calls us home, much as […]

Evening Prayer – January 14

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 14, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Portal of Life, even before our birth, your gentle rapping was taking place upon the door of our hearts; and as time passed, that rapping came to us in the form of a nudge, a whisper, a […]

Evening Prayer – January 13

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 13, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast! Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be, End of faith, as its […]