ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
October 14, 2019
Prayer for the Week:
One of your expressions of love –
A faith community –
this faith community –
was impacted by flood waters.
Experts warned
of decline and despair.
They told of many churches
that never recovered
But moving among a quirky
and authentic group of people
Your Living and Life-Giving Spirit
has been named,
enjoyed and embraced.
Some decline has occurred,
but not in faithfulness.
Despair was felt, understandably,
but despair did not rule the day.
O God of the Universe
and Everything Beyond,
God of the Known and Unknown,
thank you
for doing something among us
that clearly was not of us.
Thank you
for allowing love and decency
to prevail even amidst the sorrow.
Continue
to provide us a confidence in you
and what is possible through you.
Continue
to shape us into the people
you need us to be
in the world today.
This is our prayer
at a time
full of promise and possibility.
Amen.
