Divine Energy,
We have been unsettled this year,
And we don’t like it.
Routines shattered routines,
Keeping us from friends and family.
Yet for most of us,
Our privilege has kept us whole,
While around us others have suffered.
Deeply embedded racism,
inadequate safety nets for the poor,
vindictiveness among neighbors,
and a politics of selfishness,
Led to death and suffering.
As we yearn for,
As we move toward,
A semblance of normalcy,
Keep our eyes and hearts on
The poor, the immigrant, the oppressed.
Disrupt our desires to live unaware
of the pain and suffering in our fragmented world.
Motivate us, to love and act as Jesus taught.
Amen.
Tim is a runner, a hiker, a devoted husband, a father of two adult children, and their spouses, and a grandfather of four perfect children. A former early childhood educator, Tim is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has served as pastor of both Disciples and United Church of Christ congregations. As we enter what we hope is the final phase of the pandemic, Tim is beginning a journey of rediscovering himself and discerning next steps. He writes from his home in Albany, Oregon and wherever the Spirit lures him.
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