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Our faith is not merely an exchange of ideas, but of tangible actions through which we connect God to the world. The laying of hands in prayer is symbolic, but it means more than that. In a world marred by no touch or bad touch, healing touch repairs and restores. We become more vulnerable, more open when we are connected tangibly. When lay hands on one another, we become the hands of Jesus to bless, heal, deliver, and empower.
The wisdom of the Spirit does not fit inside the wisdom of the world; it transcends all our political ideologies and philosophies. We are spiritual babies when we try to use Jesus just justify our preferred party in the political binary in this country. Sometimes we keep God’s wisdom out of our thinking about politics; sometimes we believe that we can use political power and control to bring about the Kingdom. A life of the Spirit means we having a different foundation that teaches us to live creatively, maintaining our integrity in the public sphere. As we mature in God’s sacrificial love, we cling less tightly to the wisdom of the world and find our home in the wisdom of the Spirit.
This is a short liturgy intended to help us become more tender-hearted before God and one another.
