Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Prayer in church last Sunday

Went to church with my parents last Sunday. Presbyterian church in a conservative-ish middle-class city in North Carolina (no, they're not all conservative and middle-class, but this one is).

This was the prayer that Sunday, and I like it so much I'm putting it in here:

O God of such truth as sweeps away all lies, of such grace as shrivels all excuses, come now to find us for we have lost ourselves in a shuffle of disguises and the rattle of empty words. We withdraw in arrogance, hide in timidity, disappear in fear rather than reaching out in hope, engaging in humility, risking in faith. Let your mercy move in and through us now, freeing us to love honesty [honestly?], live joyfully, and claim the audacious revolution of Christ and your kingdom. Amen.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.