Amy Secrist

Tag: God

  • Psalm for the Future

    When I am lonely, and mired in hopelessness, lift me. When I am angry, and aflame with incredulity and indignation, cool me. When I am  spinning with joy and ease, nudge me. When I am drowsy with contentment and bliss, wake me. When I am overcome with grief and sorrow, uncover me. When I am  laden…

  • Prayer on the Feast of St. Nicholas

    Lord of miracles, Open my eyes that I might see the beauty and goodness of your world, and open my eyes to the ways we have marred its beauty. Open my eyes to the beauty and goodness of all your people, and open my eyes to all the ways we exploit, wound, and kill each…

  • Writer’s Prayer

    Lord, you know my heart before I do, for in you it has been created. You know my joy and desire, my sadness and fear, and it is you who instills in me this inclination to write it out, you who inspires my songs, my lament and my celebration. Let your Spirit inspire me again,…