Feb 5, 2011

We Will Not Keep Silent

We are people who must sing you,
     for the sake of our very lives.
You are a God who must be sung by us,
     for the sake of your majesty and honor.
And so we thank you,
     for lyrics that push us past our reasons,
     for melodies that break open our givens,
     for cadences that locate us home,
          beyond all our safe places,
     for tones and tunes that open our lives beyond control
               and our futures beyond despair.
We thank you for the long parade of mothers and fathers
     who have sung you deep and true;
We thank you for the good company
     of artists, poets, musicians, cantors, and instruments
     that sing for us and with us, toward you.
We are witnesses to your mercy and splendor;
   We will not keep silent...ever again.  Amen.

Brueggemann, Walter.  2003.  Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth; Prayers of Walter Brueggemann.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.  p. 133

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