Dear Annie: I am 40 years old, and my husband is 44. When we first got together, he treated me well, but things changed. Now, ...

(1) Dear Lord, please use me to accomplish the maximum amount of good that you have created me for. I don’t want to just get by but rather to be carried on eagle’s wings.

Help me live the time I have as fully as possible even as time races to the finish line. It is you who are in charge of time, in charge of human destiny, and so I ask, slow down, Lord.

In “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,” an evening-length dance, the choreographer considers what scares him but also what it might feel like to have burdens lifted.