Prayer for the Spirit

 

O Holy Spirit,

 

womb bearer,

tomb tearer,

whirlwind of all creation.

 

Tornado your way

            through the

            church complacent.

 

Plant your fertile seed

            into the wombs

            of your people.

 

Swirl in the embryonic waters

            of each womb.

 

Create us anew

            calling us forth

            from our tombs of fear:

 

Fear of decline,

Fear of profit loss,

Fear of prophet’s cross words.

 

De-mute our voices,

open our lips

            to sing songs

            of justice and hope.

 

Dance us out of lethargy

            yearning for

            the outcast, marginalized, outside.

 

Break through our stained-glass safety.

Rip down our sanctimonious walls

            of institutional racism.

 

Blow where you will

            over the chaos of our days

            and ever reshape, reform, transform us

            into that living Christ

            ever loving,

            advocating for the whole of creation.

 

                                                Kenn Storck

                                                May 27, 2023