Prayer: United and Uniting – A Prayer for the United Church of Christ and the World with the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
United and Uniting - A Prayer for the United Church of Christ and the World written and read by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
O Love,
Form us ever anew
United and uniting
Bearing a vision larger
Than we can imagine.
Form the puzzling
Predicaments of our day
Into something precious
And beautiful and good.
Yes, take all that is scattered
Embracing every fragment
And fashion something new
Beyond what is known
In a world full of hurt
Yearning for something more
That heals, renews, and blesses.
Let no pressure
Of present predicaments
Often repeatedly rehearsed
Be greater than the grace
You pour out to cleanse.
Ready us for new creations
Even now beginning to rise
Through Your connective strength
Otherwise thought impossible
Save for Your unrelenting love.
Yes, persistent One
Awaken us to the truth
Of being already joined
By You for a joy unbelievable
Except as we entrust our lives
To You who always holds
Everyone and everything
In a marvelous mystery
Not of our making
Yet urging our consent.
O Love,
Form and re-form our hearts
For nothing less than this
Of Your unifying desire
To rise ever anew in us
In some precious proclamation
Of what You make possible
When Your people anywhere
Turn toward each other
In love, for love, by love
And say yes again to You, O Love.
Let this be the good news
Proclaimed through our life
Formed by Your uniting
To be united with others
For the healing of the world,
That Your joy may rise
Everywhere for everyone.
Amen.
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
Intro and Outro Music by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
Music with prayer, Letting Go, by Moments
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
Intro and Outro Music by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins
Music with prayer, Letting Go, by Moments
