Community Rhythms

Join us in daily, weekly, and monthly rhythms where we practice doing theology from below, remember our shared vocation, and induct each other into our collective humanity.

Daily Prayer

Join our global community in daily prayer. The digital version of our prayer bead guide is designed to help the Street Psalms community embody our shared vocation and animate our charism of “seeing and celebrating good news in hard places.” Its structure is simple. The prayer beads begin and end at the cross. Six large beads mark the contemplative movements of the prayer: Centering Prayer, See, Do, Be, Free, and the Prayer of Vocation. Small beads indicate specific prayers or reflections within each movement. Contained within the loop of the prayer beads is the “rule” of our community – the questions we hold in common.

Weekly Gospel Lectionary Resources

We follow the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. We are currently in the season of Ordinary Time, Year A:

Year A - Ordinary Time

Our lectionary resources are rooted in perspectives “from below” that embrace abundance and peacemaking. Each week, we offer the gospel text, context, question, community reflections, homily from James Alison, a Girardian reflection, poetry, prayer, and devotionals.

This Week's Lectionary:

Proper 8 (13) – Year A

Welcome to the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. In this week’s Gospel, Jesus offers a vision of the Kingdom so small we might miss it entirely. “Whoever gives even a cup of cold water…” That’s it. No grand miracles or heroic faith. Just a cup of water.

It’s easy to assume this passage is about being sent, doing something important for God. But Jesus shifts the focus. The action doesn’t center on the one going, but on the one receiving. “Whoever receives you receives me… and the one who sent me.” God isn’t arriving with power and spectacle, but hidden in the fragile exchange between people.

Weekly Preaching Peace Table

The Preaching Peace Initiative is designed for leaders who are exploring together what it means to teach and preach a liberating Gospel of peace in their city. We currently have two models of Preaching Peace Tables that are open source and available to anyone who wants to develop their own expression: Citywide Table and Church/Ministry Table. Learn more about hosting your own table here.

Street Psalms hosts a weekly table for leaders who facilitate Preaching Peace Tables (or are interested in starting a Table). We gather around the gospel lectionary text to practice doing theology from below. All are welcome to join.

Monthly Commons Gathering

A monthly service hosted by and for the ordained community, dedicated to remembering our common call to develop incarnational leaders for the sake of the city and the most vulnerable. This service seeks to cultivate community and pathways to formational opportunities, and is open to anyone who wishes to attend. The Commons is on the 4th Wednesday of each month.