History is marked by those pushing
into uncharted waters
unexamined worlds
and mostly unacceptable arenas
where people who were not to be
allowed
accepted
approved or
appreciated
were asked to
contribute
comprehend
compose and
conspire
against the ways that things are
and toward the way that things should be
in the kingdom
in the beloved community
in the new ecology
of a world and
of a community where
rich and poor
sick and well
like and unlike
loud and quiet
important and ignored
sit together
eat together
serve together
weep together
laugh together
learn together
give together
sing together and
hope together.
And while we are still so far behind
we have moved so far ahead
of where we have been
and only a few moments of remembering
will give us the wisdom and the humility
to pray to God–our only hope–that we will keep moving forward
faster and surer than the ways we are pulled to move backward
and we will remember
in our trepidation and
in our eagerness for
things to stay the same
that we are descendants of a long line
of rule-breakers
of peace-makers
of hope-holders and
of kingdom-bringers.
And now is not the time for stillness.
Amen.
djordan
Pine Tree
most hopeful 
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