This week we started a new series called Benediction. Benediction means to speak well of. They are the words we dismiss with each Sunday and we are invited into this holy work of being co-creators in sowing good in the world.

This week will talk about the gift of discomfort.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort,

at easy answers, half-truths,

and superficial relationships

so that you may live

deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger

at injustice, oppression,

and exploitation of people,

so that you may work for

justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears,

to shed for those who suffer pain,

rejection, hunger, and war,

so that you may reach out your hand

to comfort them and

to turn their pain to joy.

And may God bless you

with enough foolishness

to believe that you can

make a difference in the world,

so that you can do

what others claim cannot be done,

to bring justice and kindness

to all our children and the poor.

Amen

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