As we explore what it means to be in community virtually, we’ve been meeting weekly on Mondays for a moment of poetry, song, and silence. Periodically, we’ll be sharing parts of those gatherings here, as a resource for you to center yourselves for 15 minutes wherever you are. Click on the links embedded below to read, listen, and hear the words from our modern day mystics.
opening words & centering written by emilie m. townes
gracious God,
giver of light and hope
let your powerful work be revealed in us
so that your glory might shine like the sun
through us
so that we may be beacons of justice and mercy
in the world
your love endures
hope
a reading: Life Goes On f rom Meditations of the Heart / Howard Thurman
a song: We Are / India Arie
joy
a reading: Once the World Was Perfect / Joy Harjo
restoration
a reading: Prodigal Objects / Carolyn M. Rodgers
closing words & music
Nature Song / Sweet Honey in the Rock