Dear friends,
We grieve with the family and friends of Ahmaud Arbery of Brunswick, Georgia who would have turned 26 today. We join in solidarity with those who hunger and thirst after righteousness across this nation to lament and to pray. Many people are running 2.23 miles to bring recognition to his life and the injustice of his death. Join in prayer for the wisdom and courage to be a part of a new day where the hatred and ugliness of racism is overwhelmed by the love and beauty of God’s Reign.
Living God and Lover of all humanity,
As we seek to abide by social distancing and live in more isolation from one another, do not let our hearts become hardened to the pain and suffering that is palatable around us.
Keep us attentive to where there is injustice in our land.
We grieve in solidarity with our brothers and sisters across this nation over the heartless, racist shooting in Georgia of Ahmaud Arbery while he was out jogging. We cannot fathom the hatred that leads to such an act of violence but we acknowledge that for too long hatred, rooted in prejudice and privilege, has taken the lives of too many of our Black and brown brothers and sisters.
Help us to name this horror for what it is: white supremacy. And, to keep naming this atrocity. Help us to call out everyday micro-aggressions, appropriations, and our own complicity in oppressive systems now -- while our Black brothers and sisters are still living. We cannot only be allies once they're gone, for that is too late. Give us courage to not stay silent, to not turn away and become absorbed in our personal worlds. Do not allow us to hide. Keep us steadfast in the pursuit of a justice that stops hate crimes and protects the dignity of all your people.
May it be on earth as it is in heaven. With every breath we take, may we live for your justice, your righteousness and your peace.
O Lord, awaken your people.
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