The Christian Civics Blog
Loving God with all our mind, when what’s on our mind is politics.
A Prayer for a More Complete Civic Witness
A prayer for the church to find a more complete witness together than any Christian can offer alone.
A Prayer About the Temptations of Power
A prayer for the church to resist the temptation to amass and weild power for itself.
Unity and Repentance
A prayer for relationships that have been strained by political extremism.
The Litany of Resistance
Resisting the powers and principalities that malform our spirits.
Praying Against Anger, Exhaustion and Despair
A prayer for our spiritual formation in the public square.
Confessing Violence
Turning our stone hearts into flesh in light of persistent violence in our country.
Praying for Targets of Political Violence
A pulpit-style prayer that goes deeper than our partisan divides.
When Politics Makes Christians Lonely…
A prayer for the effect politics is having on our churches.
Justice for Grieving: A Prayer
A prayer for the effect politics is having on our churches.
A Prayer for Grief in our Politics
A prayer for the effect politics is having on our churches.
A Prayer for Merciful Politics
A prayer for our politics to benefit from the mecy of Christians.
A Prayer for Merciful Relationships
A prayer from Mako Nagasawa, offered on our May 22 Prayer Call
A Prayer for Christian Civic Witness
A prayer for all of us, delivered on our May 8 prayer call.
Audio Recording: April 2017 Prayer Call with Dr. Richard Smith
Our April 2017 prayer call covered a range of topics, including how to exercise our citizenship with wisdom and preparing our hearts for witness in militarily unstable times.