L: Let us confess before God and one another that we have whined. C: (whining) I DON'T WANNA   L: You have worked in us to will and to act. C: DO WE HAVE TO?   L: According to your good purpose you have called us to be like stars. C: STARS ARE STUPID   … Continue reading Confession of Whining

L: What is the word? What is teaching? all: It is the radical encountering of difficult, hard, honest, comforting, holy truth.   L: let us confess before God and one another our distraction from the Word and God's word. silence   L: Holy God, all: Have mercy on us, for we have sought truth only … Continue reading Confession of Voices

Leader: we come before God with our confession... ...silence... Most merciful God, all: we confess to you, maker of the universe, that we wish to make you small, men: to make you knowable, women: to make you understandable all: we confess that we trust our own reason, beliefs, and thoughts men: that you would be … Continue reading Confession of Unknowing

Leader: People of God, if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. But when we confress our sin, God who is faithful and just will cleanse our sin, and lead us into righteousness. leader: We confess to you God all: the things we have loved men: … Continue reading Confession of Too Small A Love

we kneel   Leader: We confess... All: That we are sitting in a den of lions   Leader: We confess... All: That we are terrified that God won't send an angel to close the mouths of the lions.   Leader: We confess... All: That as we wrestle with our faith. Women: With the dark hole … Continue reading Confession of This & That

silence L: Let us surrender our brokenness to the one who has conquered all.   all: Jesus, we are fools in need of grace. We want to be Lord of all slaves to no one, but in fact we are slaves to all, Lord of none.   all: conquer us again. Take over. Invade our … Continue reading Confession of Surrender

leader: Let us confess our sin before the king and one another. we kneel   leader: We can confess that so often we think that we are smarter than You and that we know better than You. all: Lord forgive us!   leader: We confess that we often twist Your Word God to meet our … Continue reading Confession of Sufficiency

Holy God, we confess we seek the easy way the way of comfort, the way of satisfaction. We mark our road by success. We measure our worth by victory.   In all these things, we deny you.   We deny the way you set before us, the way that points to the holy, the way … Continue reading Confession of Suffering

Leader: We hear the words that Paul wrote and know that it is true of us today. All: I am... Leader: filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.   All: I am... Leader: filled with envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.   All: I am... Leader: a gossip, a slanderer, a God-hater, … Continue reading Confession of Shame