Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church.
Saturday, Sept. 14 Racism and bias are persistent and perplexing problems that infect our society, church, institutions and systems. We ask God to forgive us when we disparage and separate ourselves from children of God whom we perceive to be different and less valued. We pray for the courage, wisdom and humility to confront our biases and to strive for love, respect, equity and unity.