Thanksgiving Table 2018

We who gather at this table
invite SILENCE to be seated with us
that we might be ONE
with all those who discover
new frontiers
who dare to dream
who choose to create a world
of justice
where each one has value
and integrity finds a home
in us
through us
and around us.

We, who gather at this table
invite GRATITUDE to be seated with us
that we might refuse to give this moment
to what is next

or what is behind us
or to that which never happened

but, instead, we are present...right here and now...
that we might dispel despair
with a grateful heart...
For that which encourages us to stretch
and those who saw in us what we could not see..
whose presence we touch in absence from our table
For water, soil, solar power, and wind
in us 
through us

around us

We, who gather at this table
invite FAITH, not fear, to be seated with us
that we might -- just for this moment
believe in God's dream
that peace shall reign
that freedom is impossible to suppress
that generous hearts build bridges between
the lost
the forgotten
the hungry
the hopeless.
Here, at this table, we believe.

And, just for today, we give thanks

For the call
To be Thanks-Givers
To be Dream-Makers
And Dream Catchers.
in us
through us
and around us

NOW, AND FOREVER

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