PRAYER

God of peace,

God of justice

God of freedom,

We give you thanks for your cadences of peace, justice, and freedom

Cadences that have surged

through the lives

of Bob

and Kim

and Morgan

and Darren

and Matt

and Rachel

and all that nameless mass of

risk-takers who have been

obedient to your promises

and susceptible to your dreams.

Deliver us from amnesia

concerning their courage in the face of violence,

their peace-making against hate,

and their hunger for you in a devouring economy.

Deliver us from amnesia:

turn our memory into hope,

turn our gratitude into energy,

turn our well-being into impatience.

That these same cadences of your will may pulse even among us.

Amen.