Today something different. A prayer from Stanley Hauerwas.
Lord of the flood, wash us with your Spirit
that we may be your ark of life, your peace
in the sea of violence. Water is life; water
cleans; water kills. Frightened, we are
tempted to make a permanent home on the
ark. But you force us to seek dry ground. We
can do so only because you have taught us
to cling to our baptisms, where we are
drowned and reborn by the water and
fire of your Spirit. So reborn, make us
unafraid. Amen.
Stanley Hauerwas, Prayers Plainly Spoken (Wipf & Stock, 2003), p.21
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