Prayers
Post-Easter Letdown: a Prayer of Hope in the Midst of a Lingering Pandemic
Mark A. Vincenti Penned April 14, 2020 Easter is over now. What a great Holy Week. Different in many ways but the same truth still hit home. The broadcasts were inspiring. The sermons and Scriptures, the songs and prayers, All pointing to powerful resurrection reality. Great reminders of what is Read more…
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Enough
Written by Mark A. Vincenti Dec. 12, 2011 Lord, You are enough. But where we are and what we have settled for is not enough. Our emotions fail us. The buzz of experience past has faded and now we long to feel. It’s not enough for us to just show Read more…
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May Your Fountain Be Blessed
May Your Fountain Be Blessed By: Mark A Vincenti A wedding poem Written Thursday, April 2, 2020 in honor of God’s joining of Priscilla Paino and Esteban Nieves in holy matrimony on Thursday March 26th, 2020. May Your Fountain Be Blessed. As you seek the Blesser. And as you live blessed Read more…
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The Lord is calling us
The Lord is calling us By Mark A. Vincenti 4/2/2020 What is it that you are calling us to? Something ancient, yet something new. Radically jolting, yet refreshing too. Laying down earth connections And drawing hearts to You. We’ve been stuck like glue to the world’s web. Spun by the Read more…
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Hubris of Humanity
Hubris of Humanity By: Mark A. Vincenti Penned: 3/19/2020 Lord, I’m troubled. The hubris of humanity frightens me. We are tiny life forms floating on a speck of dust in the massive vastness of the universe Cruising through the cosmos on the edge of a spinning milky galaxy Filled with Read more…
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Lord, We’ve Never Been This Way Before
Lord, We’ve Never Been This Way Before By: Mark A. Vincenti Penned: 3/23/2020 Lord, we’ve never been this way before. The world has changed in a day, it seems, And we don’t really know what it means But things sure aren’t the same And we feel the strain We’re Read more…
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Coronavirus: A Prayer for Ministers
Coronavirus: A Prayer for Ministers By Mark A. Vincenti Penned: 3/20/2020 Jesus be our peace. Not just from the stressful news of night Or the viral arrow that flies by day But in the midst of panic in deep places That we might not realize is really there. The fear Read more…
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A Prayer of Thanksgiving
This week, I finished my time as the youth pastor at College Park Church in Huntington, Indiana. It has been a remarkable time of growth as a minister, as well as a person of faith. We raised our kids here and had so many phenomenal experiences. Before leaving the church Read more…