Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Call to Worship & Prayer of the Day, Reformation Day 2022

Peace, all!

Here's a Call to Worship and a Prayer of the Day written for Reformation Day 2022 (or whenever)! I hope you dig them! Forgive me for any typos! 

Peace. 

~ Tom 



Call to Worship for Reformation Day, 2022


A mighty fortress, a mother bear.

A still-small voice is our God.

Wind when breath is short. Flame when spark has dimmed. 

Rock when all we love and all we know begins to crumble and fall.


Hope for all who are hopeless, 

Grace when relationships fail.

Balm for healing. Water for growth. Wisdom for we who are lost. 

Voice of the voiceless. Sayer of the unsaid. Solidarity for those alone. 


A sanctuary, a hiding place.

When it takes all we have just to live. 

The troubler of waters. The resurrection of the crucified.

The breaker of chains who moves us to love. 


Word when there is nothing left to say.

Nets to catch us as we fall.

Melodies when our bones no longer dance.

Clouds and shrubs when suns begin to burn. 


Author of new creations when our stories cease to make sense. 

Flight of an eagle when we need a lift.

Knitter of your people–unraveled, threadbare.

The passion of the prophets. The song of songs. 


Our life and our salvation. Sculptor of all. 

You form and reform us–your body, your creation, your church.

We rejoice in your presence now! 


Prayer of the Day for Reformation Day 2022

Martin Luther, your follower, both beloved and flawed, O God, reminded us that more valuable than any purchase or indulgence is care for and love of the poor. 


On the days when we are tempted to prove ourselves before you, remind us that, standing there, we are already loved. When shame overwhelms us, remind us that, in you, grace upon grace abounds. And you understand. When the future seems uncertain, remind us that, sometimes, fear can become courage when it is steeped in love. And even when it doesn’t, we are held, embraced, cared for, and cherished by you. 


Help us to share that love with the world.


AMEN. 


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