From the Pastor's corner

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 Not the God we would have chosen
We would as soon you were stable and reliable.
We would as soon you were predictable
and always the same toward us.
We would like to take the hammer of doctrine
      and take the nails of piety
      and nail your feet to the floor
      and have you stay in one place.
And then we find you moving,
      always surprising us,
      always coming at us from new directions.
Always planting us
           and uprooting us
           and tearing all things down
           and making all things new.
You are not the God we would have chosen
      had we done the choosing,
      but we are your people
      and you have chosen us in freedom.
We pray for the great gift of freedom
      that we may be free toward you
      as you are in your world.
Give us that gift of freedom
     that we may move in new places
     in obedience and in gratitude. 

Amen.

from Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth: Prayers by Walter Brueggemann