Holy and Gracious God:
Today we choose life —
the bloom of hope,
the breath of humility,
the proximity of tenderness.
Holy and Mysterious God:
Today we choose death —
the sunset of greed,
the erosion of pride,
the burial of violence.
Holy and Creative God:
Today we choose prosperity —
the harvest of peace,
the healing of all nature,
the sustainability of love.
Holy and Disruptive God:
Today we choose adversity —
the troubling of wealth,
the disordering of power,
the resistance of injustice.
We choose life,
O Eternal God,
and we choose death.
on Deuteronomy 30:15
The Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg‘s book with co-author Martha Spong, Denial Is My Spiritual Practice (and Other Failures of Faith), searches for faith through life’s trials. Rachel has also written Writing to God, a popular Lenten devotional, among other books.
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