God, in the center of my heart
is Jacob Blake,
and then there is his family.
I pause there,
surrounding them
with all my hope and love.
I cannot rush on to
complications and issues,
people first.
I pray for those who died last night
and one in the hospital,
whose names I do not yet know.
I pray for families and friends
of black people who have died
from police violence
this year and in years past,
as each brutality immerses them
in grief, pain, PTSD.
I pray for Kenosha ā hope, change,
peace, protest,
justice and jobs, rebirth.
And I pray for a possible miracle ā
that this be the last town
where a black life
is broken or ended at the hands of police,
and that we would all know
the things that make for peace. amen.
Amen.
Yes our prayers are with them
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Your compassion is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us. May we all long and act for social justice.
Amen.
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Hi Maren–
We are having a Prayer Service in Kenosha, WI on Sunday August 30th at 2:00 p.m.
Will it be alright if I pray your prayer (giving you full credit of course) at the prayer service?
I am the UCC Pastor in Kenosha, WI.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Kathleen Gloff
Somers UCC
Kathleen, I would be honored that you use my prayer and happy for you to change it /alter it to fit with how things are right at the moment. I am certainly keeping you and your community in prayer. Maren