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20, UUJAZ Day at the Legislature
February 20, 2017
Invocation opening the State Senate Session offered by the Rev. Matthew Funke Crary
Spirit of Life, given many names in many tongues, but known too through the silent example moving through this beautiful and harsh land and within the lives of diverse and rugged inhabitants, we come here today,
divided.
We gather in this hall of leadership this place that holds such power, justice, economic, and political power, over Arizona, the land and its inhabitants…
In a moment and with hands upon our hearts
and make a pledge to our red, white and blue flag, fifty stars and thirteen stripes, offering allegiance to the single, united fabric of our country, a republic indivisible…
And despite our desperate need for our pledge to be true, for there to be liberty and justice for all in our country, our state -for the land and it inhabitants - we know that we are divided.
The division in our justice system is as wide as the Grand Canyon. The disparity in our economics is as oppressive as the summer heart. And in our politics... we are as prickly as any Sonoran cactus.
In this division we have fallen to our lowest common denominators; upholding punishment over restoration, prizing competition over cooperation, and walling ourselves off into “THEM” verses “US.”
Spirit of life, forgive us for forgetting who we are.
We have not lived up to our highest shared measure.
We have forgotten the example of the summer monsoon, which has the power to destroy but also restores the dry cracked earth. That the deadliest desert teems with life only through balance and cooperation. And that it is the bridges we build, not the walls, that are the strength of our people.
Spirit of Life, teach us as you did our most sage ancestors to learn again that what truly unites and empowers us
is mercy, compassion and wisdom. And may we pledge ourselves today in this place of power to the greater power of
just mercy, economic compassion, and to political wisdom that we might learn to live undivided.
Living by the example of the Spirit may be a people of gratitude for the many blessings of this land and its inhabitants, celebrating, singing, dancing together in this the only life we share.
May it be so,
Blessed be
Amen
Spirit of Life, given many names in many tongues, but known too through the silent example moving through this beautiful and harsh land and within the lives of diverse and rugged inhabitants, we come here today,
divided.
We gather in this hall of leadership this place that holds such power, justice, economic, and political power, over Arizona, the land and its inhabitants…
In a moment and with hands upon our hearts
and make a pledge to our red, white and blue flag, fifty stars and thirteen stripes, offering allegiance to the single, united fabric of our country, a republic indivisible…
And despite our desperate need for our pledge to be true, for there to be liberty and justice for all in our country, our state -for the land and it inhabitants - we know that we are divided.
The division in our justice system is as wide as the Grand Canyon. The disparity in our economics is as oppressive as the summer heart. And in our politics... we are as prickly as any Sonoran cactus.
In this division we have fallen to our lowest common denominators; upholding punishment over restoration, prizing competition over cooperation, and walling ourselves off into “THEM” verses “US.”
Spirit of life, forgive us for forgetting who we are.
We have not lived up to our highest shared measure.
We have forgotten the example of the summer monsoon, which has the power to destroy but also restores the dry cracked earth. That the deadliest desert teems with life only through balance and cooperation. And that it is the bridges we build, not the walls, that are the strength of our people.
Spirit of Life, teach us as you did our most sage ancestors to learn again that what truly unites and empowers us
is mercy, compassion and wisdom. And may we pledge ourselves today in this place of power to the greater power of
just mercy, economic compassion, and to political wisdom that we might learn to live undivided.
Living by the example of the Spirit may be a people of gratitude for the many blessings of this land and its inhabitants, celebrating, singing, dancing together in this the only life we share.
May it be so,
Blessed be
Amen
COME
Being present to one another and our world, is vital to us. The webpages under this heading will lead you to discover more about our congregation and faith tradition.
CONNECT
We craft bonds of love as the basis of our relationships. Try these webpages if you'd like to share in what's happening with our congregation.
COMMIT
Our faith calls us to service. Within these pages you will read and see our ongoing activities and projects.
COVENANT
Ours is a covenantal faith, meaning we aspire as a community to more than we can accomplish alone. This page offers you our unique congregational covenants, which name how we live with diversity and work to create a just world for all.
Being present to one another and our world, is vital to us. The webpages under this heading will lead you to discover more about our congregation and faith tradition.
CONNECT
We craft bonds of love as the basis of our relationships. Try these webpages if you'd like to share in what's happening with our congregation.
COMMIT
Our faith calls us to service. Within these pages you will read and see our ongoing activities and projects.
COVENANT
Ours is a covenantal faith, meaning we aspire as a community to more than we can accomplish alone. This page offers you our unique congregational covenants, which name how we live with diversity and work to create a just world for all.
Additionally, you can CONTACT US directly with inquiries for more information and MEMBERS can access the "members only" pages for the congregational directory and archived reports.
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