When we have no words, short written prayers can help us bring our heartache to God. From David Taylor’s Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life we share “Against Raging Hurricane Storms” and other prayers for times of calamity, hurt, and exhaustion.
In this moving poem, Dietrich Bonhoeffer seeks to know himself as God’s beloved in the midst of his imprisonment.
In this 2005 interview, Renovaré team member James Bryan Smith and William Vaswig (now deceased) described their experiences of suffering, disappointment, and spiritual growth.