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An aboriginal activist sister said, “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n
Lord of the captive and Lord of the free, fill our voices with songs that proclaim hope, joy and justice for all creation. Guide us this day to walk alongside the oppressed as fellow sojourners. Amen.<\/div>\n

 
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\nBoth the quote and the prayer are from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 245.<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nTheme: Ever sustaining<\/a>  [prayer sheet<\/span>]
\nMake us a chalice<\/a>
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    An aboriginal activist sister said, “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together.“ A prayer Lord of the captive and Lord of the free, fill our voices with songs that proclaim … Continue reading “Lord of the captive and the free”<\/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":[3,127],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-17107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-quote","tag-free"],"yoast_head":"\nLord of the captive and the free - 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May we this day and all our life, walk without stumbling along the way which you have set before us;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "prayer"","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3096,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/12\/04\/2017-advent-faith-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":17107,"position":5},"title":"2017: Advent Faith #2","author":"Laurence Twaddle","date":"December 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Photo: Lindy Twaddle) Micah 4:1-5 \u00a0(NIV UK) 1\u00a0 In the last days \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the mountain of the LORD\u2019s temple will be established \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0as the highest of the mountains; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0it will be exalted above the hills, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and peoples will stream\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/child_in_mans_arms.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/child_in_mans_arms.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/child_in_mans_arms.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/child_in_mans_arms.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/quote\/\" rel=\"category tag\">quote<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"    An aboriginal activist sister said, “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. 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