A Prayer for Bonfires Friends and bonfires go together. There’s something so delightful about a summer evening and a warm yellow blaze. Conversations. Camp chairs. Roasted marshmallows. Warm drinks. Cicada songs. A cozy sweatshirt. They’re the best! Not to mention, we all look a little more attractive in firelight, right?! 😉🤣 There’s also a settling nature to a flickering fire pit. Something that invites us to think more deeply about the world and our lives. For some of us, this leads to deeper rest and peacefulness. For others, we begin to hear things from deep within our hearts that we didn’t realize were unsettled, or unresolved, or ungrieved… Maybe building fires and sitting by them is a spiritual practice because it’s definitely a way that God invites us to experience his presence, love, and peace. In fact, Jesus built a small charcoal fire and cooked breakfast for his friends to do just that— to hang out with them and show them love and forgiveness. So whether you’re a “roast a marshmallow by burning it person” or the “methodical slowly turn your marshmallow until it’s slightly brown all the way around” person, here’s a scripture passage and a prayer we’re thinking about as we listen to the crackle of another backyard bonfire.

A Prayer for Bonfires Friends and bonfires go together. There’s something so delightful about a summer evening and a warm yellow blaze. Conversations. Camp chairs. Roasted marshmallows. Warm drinks. Cicada songs. A cozy sweatshirt. They’re the best! Not to mention, we all look a little more attractive in firelight, right?! 😉🤣 There’s also a settling nature to a flickering fire pit. Something that invites us to think more deeply about the world and our lives. For some of us, this leads to deeper rest and peacefulness. For others, we begin to hear things from deep within our hearts that we didn’t realize were unsettled, or unresolved, or ungrieved… Maybe building fires and sitting by them is a spiritual practice because it’s definitely a way that God invites us to experience his presence, love, and peace. In fact, Jesus built a small charcoal fire and cooked breakfast for his friends to do just that— to hang out with them and show them love and forgiveness. So whether you’re a “roast a marshmallow by burning it person” or the “methodical slowly turn your marshmallow until it’s slightly brown all the way around” person, here’s a scripture passage and a prayer we’re thinking about as we listen to the crackle of another backyard bonfire.