Words for worship and hard conversations
Liturgies & Prayers
Prayers, liturgies, and rites for congregations navigating AI — words to open hard conversations, lament what is lost, and bless what is good.
Prayer
A Prayer for Conversations Around AI
For opening congregational conversations about artificial intelligence
“God of all wisdom, you who spoke galaxies into being with a word, teach us to be careful with ours.” A prayer for the start of committee meetings, study sessions, and hard conversations about AI.
Prayer
The Fruit of Silence
A breath prayer for stillness, faith, love, service, and peace
A short guided breath prayer for settling into holy silence: “The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love.”
Prayer
Lectio Divina on the Pastoral Invitation
An exploration into the pastoral work of this current moment
A guided four-reading practice with Psalm 137 for clergy discerning the Spirit’s invitation amid technological and cultural disruption.
Ritual
A Rite of Reclamation
For violation of body, voice, or image
A pastoral rite for someone harmed by a deepfake, voice clone, or fabricated image or video, reclaiming the person’s God-given dignity through truth, silence, prayer, and an optional physical gesture.
Prayer
A Centering Prayer for a Pastoral Crisis
For a time of new and changing technology
A guided breath prayer for releasing fear, haste, and the pressure to have every answer, while receiving grace, discernment, and steadiness for faithful pastoral response.
Ritual
A Liturgy of Lament for a Divided Community
For rupture over unsettled truth
A congregational liturgy for division caused by fabricated recordings, viral misinformation, or unresolved facts, moving through gathering, confession, silence, assurance, peace, and blessing.