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\nGood Friday “cross talk” installation with addition of white marks to imply “things rising”<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer for all things rising<\/h3>\n

For all things rising
\nout of the hiddenness of shadows
\nout of the weight of despair
\nout of the brokenness of pain
\nout of the constrictions of compliance
\nout of the rigidity of stereotypes
\nout of the prison of prejudice;<\/p>\n

for all things rising
\ninto life, into hope
\ninto healing, into power
\ninto freedom, into justice;<\/p>\n

we pray, O God,
\nfor all things rising.<\/p>\n

 
\nwritten by Jan Richardson<\/strong>, from paintedprayerbook.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nHear and answer<\/a>
\nInterpreting the times<\/a>
\nTheme: Change my heart, O God<\/a>  [prayer sheet<\/span>]
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Friday “cross talk” installation with addition of white marks to imply “things rising” Prayer for all things rising For all things rising out of the hiddenness of shadows out of the weight of despair out of the brokenness of pain out of the constrictions of compliance out of the rigidity of stereotypes out of … Continue reading “Rising … into freedom”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63,3],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-17084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-prayer","tag-free"],"yoast_head":"\nRising ... into freedom - 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