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Note: Texts are indexed by the first significant line if a general call to prayer appears at the beginning. Also, the vocative "O" that begins many prayers has been omitted from titles in this index.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The church is a body

Creator God, we always ask before we thank
    P. M. Traunstein

Deep Mystery of our lives -- voice in our hearts
    Sheldon W. Bennett

Divine Spirit of our comings and goings
    Christine Robinson

Divinity is our birthright
    Victoria Weinstein

Eternal God, Mother and Father, Spirit of life
    M. Susan Milnor

Eternal God, source of all created things
    Robert R. Walsh

Eternal Light, toward whose quickening dawn
    John Cummins

Giver of being and freedom, thou who touches
    George Kimmich Beach

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God of all generations, in all the power, mystery
    Marta Flanagan

God of all oppressed persons, remind us
    Robin F. Gray

God of all peoples, Spirit of life and love, be in our hearts
    Becky Edmiston-Lange

God of goodness, you are the life of life, the breath of all
    Lucinda S. Duncan

God of life, help us make this church a refuge
    Richard Trudeau

God of tears and the mysterious silence
    Kirk Loadman-Copeland

God of the Autumn, help us
    Christine Robinson

God, we beseech you, by your great goodness defend
    Anne Treadwell

God, whom we know as love, we gather here as seekers
    Wayne Arnason

Gracious and loving Lord, in perfect assurance of Your presence here
    Victoria Weinstein

Great Rainbow Arch

Great Unity beyond all differences
    Andrew Hill

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Heart's delight, Source of mercy, beyond my sight
    W. F. Wooden

Holy and Creative Light, teach us to love this earth
    Charles Grady

Holy One, known by many names -- Creator, Sustainer
    Marta Flanagan

Holy One, that unites all who are estranged
    Kathleen Rolenz

If prayer worked like magic, I know what I would pray
    Lindsay Bates

In the spirit of the Prophet Amos
    Victoria Weinstein

In this familiar place, listen:
    Barbara Pescan

In this precious moment in which we set apart and ordain
    William E. Gardner

Incandescent, the bright autumn leaf clings to the branch
    John H. Robinson

Indwelling God, who art infused throughout all existence
    Fred F. Keip

Infinite Spirit, sometimes called Grandfather, Grandmother
    Vern Barnet

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Let us praise those fathers
    Kirk Loadman-Copeland

Let us pray to the God who holds us in the hollow
    Max Coots

Live in me, Spirit of Life
    Emmy Lou Belcher

Lord of all being, the longer I walk
    Michael A. Schuler

Loving God, We gather today in humility
   Paul S. Sawyer

Loving spirit, be our guest
    Gary Kowalski

Many of us, O God, don't believe in prayer
    Richard M. Fewkes

Mysterious God whose ways are many, we ask
    Beth Graham

No one is ever really ready for Christmas

O divine source of love
    Judy Welles

Oh Divine Spirit

Oh God of many moments

O' power of springtime
    George A. Tyger

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Source of life and death, ground of all being
    Richard M. Fewkes

Source of life and love, torn by desires to sit back
    Bruce Southworth

Space-hanging Earth

Spirit of creative good, be with us when we are afraid
    Virginia Knowles

Spirit of Justice, God who befriends those who stand upon the constant edges of decision
    Kathleen Rolenz

Spirit of kindness and compassion, we come
    Nancee Campbell

Spirit of Life and Justice

Spirit of life and love, strengthen our faith
    Edward T. Atkinson

Spirit of life and love, thank you for the gifts
    Amarette Callaway

Spirit of life and love, your prophet Isaiah called us
    Sydney K. Wilde

Spirit of life and spirit of grace

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Spirit of Life
    Barbara Pescan

Spirit of life, The beginning of the holiday season is filled with temptations

    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of life, bring to us beauty
    Judith Quarles

Spirit of Life, how easy it is to speak your name and offer this prayer
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of Life, known to us in beginnings and endings
    Kathleen Rolenz

Spirit of Life, known to us in many ways, but so often, in so many cultures, in the image of a mother
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of life -- mysterious power in all creation
    Andrew C. Backus

Spirit of Life, We are here as a community dedicated to all that is good and beautiful
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of life, we are joined today in a moment of gratitude
    Kerry Meuller

Spirit of life, we come from different spaces
    Tony Larsen

Spirit of life, we come together this Easter morning
    Ruth Gibson

Spirit of Life, we come together, this morning to rejoice in the ongoing song
    Kathleen Rolenz

Spirit of Life, We enter into this season of Memorial Day
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of Life, we have come into each other's presence
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of Life, we pause to give thanks
    Wayne Arnason

Spirit of Life, you've been a father and mother to us all
    Kathleen Rolenz

Spirit who is all things to us; Presence in which we live
    Elizabeth L. Greene

The stone has got to be rolled back from the tomb again and again every year
    Victoria Weinstein

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Teach my heart healing words
    Samuel A. Trumbore

Thou art the sun of my heart in the morning
    Kendyl Gibbons

Thou that hearest, listen
    Barbara Pescan

Thou who art the soul and heart of life, save us from fear
    David A. Johnson

Thou who art the vital center of our lives
    Alan G. Deale

Thou who knows the secrets hidden within all hearts
    Jerry Goddard

Thou, whose kingdom is within, may all thy names
    Jacob Trapp

Thou whose power we see in the stars
    Charles A. Howe

Thou whose voice speaks from within the heart
    Philip Larson

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Too often, God, we have ignored you
    Amy McKenzie Quinn

Trees of Earth

Universal Spirit of love, O God within each one of us
    Dorothy May Emerson

We gather this morning in celebration and appreciation
    Sheldon W. Bennett

We invoke thy gentlest blessings, God, on all true lovers
    Bettye A. Doty

We pray today to be renewed in the love that never faileth
    Earl Holt

We reflect in thanksgiving this day for all those whose lives have nurtured ours.
   Victoria Weinstein

You are the eternal, the timeless
    Clifford Martin Reed

You send us into the world, O God, with freedom
    Thomas D. Wintle

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