A prayer as you turn homeward from GC 78

A prayer as you turn homeward from GC 78

God of salty lakes and seas, mountain streams and broad rivers,

God even of waters we have polluted;

God of volcanoes spewing lava and steam,

of downy new chicks pecking free from their shells,

of LGBTQ and S humans in all shades of skin,  

all types of hair, of nose, eye and shape,

with all sorts of histories;

God of every diocese and diocese-to-be in this church:

tend your children as they leave this convention,

sustain them in exhaustion and sorrow,

their relief and their joy.

God of our Baptism,

as they leave this moment of your space and time,

may your people be unencumbered, may they travel as lightly

as those Jesus sent out without baggage, without supplies,

simply intent on giving flesh to your love

in the joyous, unsettling power of your Spirit.