A nice Autumn scene right outside the chapel at our Quaker meetinghouse.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, may Your grace be with those who awaken to the same struggles they have been facing daily. May Your peace be with those who are anxious as they go into this day. May Your wisdom be with those seeking guidance and direction in life. Grant us grace. Amen

Evening Prayer: Loving God, we offer prayers this evening for many in harms way of a hurricane. May Your Presence enfold them and Your strength go with them after the storm passes. As we face our own inward storms, may Your peace go with us and calm the storm in our souls. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, grant us the vision and courage to grow and deepen our own lives this week. Help us to grow amidst the challenges and to deepen our understanding through listening to our lives as well as Your Voice. Help us discover and develop our growing edge. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, we hear the words "for God so loved the world" and we're reminded that all of creation is embraced in Your love - all nations and all people's - the whole world. In Your mercy tonight hear the cries of the suffering and the groans of the hurting. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, may Your grace and mercy be with those going through this day enduring the hurricane. May Your grace and mercy be with those facing challenges and heartache. May Your grace and mercy be with all of us as we experience the moments of this day. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, may Your grace bring rest to those exhausted from the day and weary from carrying the burdens they are experiencing. May those needing encouragement experience the encouragement that comes from Your Spirit. Keep watch over us as we sleep tonight. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, as we awaken to this new day, may we remember the potential this day offers... • the potential to grow • the potential to learn • the potential to love • the potential to show kindness • the potential to offer empathy Help us to see it. Amen

Evening Prayer: Loving God, often there day is filled with many opportunities and responsibilities and projects that we feel there is always more to do. Help us, tonight, to leave undone what is unfinished and to welcome the rest of body and mind. Go with us into tomorrow. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, help us to go through this day connected to the deeper realities of our soul and Your wisdom and peace instead of being tossed about by the surface realities of life and all that swirls around us. Help us to live from a calm and gracious center. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, help us to live in deep time, the kind of time that isn't bound by clocks and calendars. May we live in that deep time that holds forth the possibility of Your Presence being made known in the events, circumstances, and challenges of our lives. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, while we attend to our plans and "to do" lists today, may there be room in our soul for the unplanned as well as the moments in which glimmers of Your grace break through the unawareness of our soul and enliven us with hope and encouragement. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, may Your peace be with those who carry their anxiousness and stress into the evening. May they feel covered in Your peace and comforted by Your grace. May they feel surrounded and embraced by Your love. Grant them the gift of rest this evening. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, we give thanks for this day and its opportunities and its potential and its inherent giftedness. We give thanks for each breath we take and are given. We give thanks for the beauty of the season and the reminder that there is beauty in change. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, as we pay attention to time and clocks this evening, may we remember that Your timing is different than clocks and calendars. Help us to live with a sense of expectation and patience that Your intentions will always be made known in Your time. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, we give thanks for this new day and it's opportunities for our own growth and formation. Help us to pay attention to the moments that invite us to deeper self-awareness and reflection. May we find clarity of life in Your clear guidance and wisdom. Amen

Evening Prayer: Loving God, may Your grace be with those going into this new week who feel overwhelmed, uncertain, and unsure. May Your peace grant them rest this evening and confidence as they awaken tomorrow. Help us all to start the new week with a renewed sense of hope. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, we welcome this new week with it's possibilities and potential. May we not keep our potential to ourselves but release it in the service of love, goodness, kindness, hope, and reconciliation. Help us to lift others up in our encounters this week. Amen.

Evening Prayer: Loving God, we give thanks for those moments of kindness today that renewed within us a sense of hope as well as a belief in the goodness of others. We give thanks for kind hearts in our world. May we practice kindness towards one another and even ourselves. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Loving God, as we live into the plans we have made for the day, may we be open to the possibility that Your Spirit will guide us in a different direction or open up to new possibilities. Help us to be receptive to Your guidance and mindful of Your Presence. Amen.