{"id":16713,"date":"2025-10-06T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=16713"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:14:12","slug":"theme-for-may-2025-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-may-2025-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for May 2025:  Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2621896840 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2621896840 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-2621896840.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2621896840 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-2621896840'   data-layout='layout12' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='16704'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout12 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16269\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16269\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/07\/create-a-memory-game\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/world_collage_day_2025.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Create a memory (game)\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16269\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/07\/create-a-memory-game\/\">Create a memory (game)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; World Collage Day 2025 is this Saturday, 10 May. I&#8217;m hoping (and praying) there&#8217;s a good turn out at our COME COLLAGE ROTTERDAM event. We will be creating mini collages in matching pairs, based on a series of prompts, to form a memory game. World Collage Day is for everyone. There might be a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/07\/create-a-memory-game\/\">Continue reading \"Create a memory (game)\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16266\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16266\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/12\/memory-trigger\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/worlds_apart_reflections.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Memory trigger\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16266\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/12\/memory-trigger\/\">Memory trigger<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">A prayer God, remind us again and again of your presence, and help us to be that memory for others. Amen. &nbsp; &nbsp; from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro, p. 264 From the blog Sabbath rest Up to us On Writing Prayer-Poems &nbsp;...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16335\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16335\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/19\/new-memories\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tulips_and_construction.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"New memories\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16335\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/19\/new-memories\/\">New memories<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; A litany: Resurrection light Risen Christ, when darkness overwhelms us may your dawn beckon. When fear paralyses us may your touch release us. When grief torments us may your peace enfold us. When memories haunt us may your presence heal us. When justice fails us may your anger ignite us. When apathy stagnates us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/19\/new-memories\/\">Continue reading \"New memories\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16341\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16341\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/26\/on-my-mind\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/make_the_daily_connections_philip_roth.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"On my mind\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16341\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/05\/26\/on-my-mind\/\">On my mind<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Philip Roth: 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