@YHWH

Closing Prayer for 

Columbia Theological Seminary's 

2014 Alumni/ae Association Annual Meeting

You, O Lord, are:

a calling God who longs

to form us into

an answering people;

a nourishing God who desires

to satisfy us with living water,

bread, and wine;

a weaving God who looms us

into the neighborhood of all creation;

a gathering God who loves us

into memories;

a story writing God who hopes us

into becoming your tellers;

a sending God who energizes

and pushes us out into the world.

This day, and throughout this Colloquium,

we have answered, remembered,

and been fed.

As we move, toward all our tomorrows,

and into your holy neighborhoods,

may we have the courage,

wisdom, and compassion

to accept your sending;

to listen to your story

as it is told to us daily

by our neighbors, and,

by grace, to live your story

in thought, deed, and word.

Amen.

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