Eternal One,
Can you bring us to where, perhaps, we never were?
We may have thought we were in a place of...
Freedom
Cooperation
Partnership
Living side by side
Neighborliness
Progress
Civility
Increasing Hope
Charity
Justice
Welcome
Advancing opportunity to address persistent inequality
Emerging Acceptance
Growing Understanding.
Some of us tried with all of our might to be “there.”
Others sought to create a community based on a different sense of values:
Latent and overt prejudice
Veiled hatred
Open contempt
Asserted Superiority
Disdain for those whom they considered “inferior”
A belief in justice for some but not for others
Xenophobia
Suspicion of newcomers
Grievance
Privilege based on position and pigmentation
Spreading of untruths to foment conflict
Claiming to be “us” while insisting on the elimination of “them”
Declaring they, exclusively, are Your voice among us
We know, God of Righteousness, that we may have never been in that place where we thought we were.
Yet, that is no reason to stop our quest for
Life that gives everyone a chance
Liberty that recognizes every person’s humanity and the divine spark in them
Happiness in which we can all share so that divisions will subside.
Faith in our ability to make this happen.
Peace that will enable all of us to grow and thrive.
We say thank you to the man who said, in 1968, “I have seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”
Eternal God, Source of Mercy,
we are all now “the people.”
Make us One.
Calm our fears.
Move us forward.
Keep us together
On our journey to the promised land.
Eternal One,
Can you bring us to where, perhaps, we never were?
We may have thought we were in a place of...
Freedom
Cooperation
Partnership
Living side by side
Neighborliness
Progress
Civility
Increasing Hope
Charity
Justice
Welcome
Advancing opportunity to address persistent inequality
Emerging Acceptance
Growing Understanding.
Some of us tried with all of our might to be “there.”
Others sought to create a community based on a different sense of values:
Latent and overt prejudice
Veiled hatred
Open contempt
Asserted Superiority
Disdain for those whom they considered “inferior”
A belief in justice for some but not for others
Xenophobia
Suspicion of newcomers
Grievance
Privilege based on position and pigmentation
Spreading of untruths to foment conflict
Claiming to be “us” while insisting on the elimination of “them”
Declaring they, exclusively, are Your voice among us
We know, God of Righteousness, that we may have never been in that place where we thought we were.
Yet, that is no reason to stop our quest for
Life that gives everyone a chance
Liberty that recognizes every person’s humanity and the divine spark in them
Happiness in which we can all share so that divisions will subside.
Faith in our ability to make this happen.
Peace that will enable all of us to grow and thrive.
We say thank you to the man who said, in 1968, “I have seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”
Eternal God, Source of Mercy,
we are all now “the people.”
Make us One.
Calm our fears.
Move us forward.
Keep us together
On our journey to the promised land.
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