The best sermons open our eyes to present realities, give us hope for a future in the Kingdom, and challenge us to move forward into that future. Yesterday’s sermon by Mitch Randall at NorthHaven Church was certainly one of those. Here is the prayer for the week:
God of Justice,
In 1961,
the Freedom Riders
were beaten with pipes
after their bus was bombed
in a terrorist act.
I, Lord, would never
have swung a pipe in anger.
Fifty-four years later,
those on another bus
shout ugly chants to
reinforce a false
sense of superiority.
I, Lord, would have refused
to utter the reprehensible words.
Instead, Lord,
I am the one
who stands in silence,
and does nothing,
but enables everything.
Lord have mercy
on my
apathetic,
indifferent,
lukewarm
soul.
Amen