Oh God,
Another presidential debate,
at its base, so simple:
Words and rhetoric and promises,
all ultimate and urgent.
In your parables, you point to different ways of being.
Can there be another way?
Where our shared humanity
is not questioned,
bodies not valued as numbers but as beloved.
Where we encourage the flourishing of the earth and each other?
In your parables, you speak of
systems of inequity that greedily take a widow’s last mite.
Covenant between us, you, and the Earth.
Teach us to share food with 5,000.
Because here we find the miracle: there is enough.
Maybe that is our prayer —
to make a miracle out of struggle;
to bring life to systems that break bodies;
to move us to care for all our neighbors.
Show us how to live, Christ Jesus.
Amen.
As people of faith, it’s important to remind ourselves that our ministries and our work of service in our communities will need to continue, regardless of election outcomes. Rather than succumbing to a sense of overwhelm or becoming struck by dread, we invite you to join us as we reflect on our values and priorities, discerning where our energies need to be focused. Vandersall Collective has created a Day 1 curriculum to guide faith communities through eight weeks of grounding and preparation prior to the election. For more information, please visit: https://www.vandersallcollective.com/purchase/p/day-1
