We are asking:
Where will I find the money?
Where will I find a moment’s rest?
Where will I find a job, a spouse, a home?
We are asking:
How will we get our way amidst partisanship?
How will we secure prosperity despite violence & war?
How will we be heard over celebrities & corporations & chaos?
God is asking:
What did I do wrong
that idols of wealth and contentment
are worshiped more than the One of life and community?
God is asking:
Who are these who are
crying out in prayer and singing in praise
yet pursuing their own wisdom and pleasure day by day?
We confess:
That we miss those times
when we trusted you through all things
and were content to commit our lives to your work.
We pray:
For awe to replace pride,
for love of one another to root out fear,
for holy purpose to define our daily laboring.
We rejoice:
That you are our treasure,
our daily peace and provocation;
in your shadow, our souls are satisfied.
We offer:
Our lives to be a blessing
to your glory and to this world’s healing,
in the name of Jesus who sets an abundant table for all.
Amen.