You call us

to stand between

the past,

and a new becoming,

to midwife

new life

through confusion, and pain…

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Teach us to listen,

will you

teach us to pray…

 +

You call us

to hold the hands

of those who cling to

what was,

and reach out to those

who beckon us onward

and upward

beyond our comfort zones…

 +

Teach us to listen,

will you

teach us to pray…

 +

You call us

to be present to the

 tears,

and the anguish

as one life

gives way to

bring forth another

whose presence

will demand

change after change…

 +

Teach us to listen,

will you

teach us to pray…

 +

You call us

to be transformed

by the transformation all

around us…

 +

To be present

in the temporary stillness

of this liminal space

and to catch Your whisper

on the wind…

 +

Come Holy Spirit,

help us to 

walk this path

+

Teach us to listen,

teach me to pray…