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We close the Colorado\u00a0leg of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this prayer by two local ELCA pastors,\u00a0the Rev. Susan Candea and the Rev. Matt Converse<\/em><\/p>\n

God of creation,
\nthe mountains declare your majesty,
\nthe trees reach up to give you praise,
\nthe rivers and lakes proclaim your glory as they flow through the land,
\nthe incredible diversity of creation sings your sovereignty and splendor,
\nAnd over all this beloved creation, you have called us to be faithful\u00a0 stewards. Yet we have not been faithful to you, to your creation, to our own identities\u00a0 and roles in creation. And so we pray:<\/p>\n

Give us the gift of discontentment; discontentment with the way things are.
\nOpen our eyes to see and our ears to hear the injustice and brokenness in our world.
\nMake us discontent with the disproportionate harm environmental racism does to \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0countless communities;
\nMake us discontent with the unsustainable way we continue to use the world\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0resources,
\nMake us discontent with the inequitable way those resources are distributed,
\nMake us discontent with all the ways we fall short in stewarding your precious creation.
\nLet our discontentment turn to longing; longing for a better world.
\nLonging for a world where diversity is celebrated and burdens are shared equally,
\nLonging for a world that wisely uses renewable resources like solar and wind,
\nLonging for a world where none shall have need in the midst of abundance,
\nLonging for a sustainable world.
\nTurn our longing into hope; a hope of transformation for us and the world.
\nA hope we find in the story of liberation from slavery in Egypt;
\nA hope found in the imagination of the prophets;
\nA hope found in the new community created in the life, death and resurrection of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus;
\nA hope found in the re-imaging of the world and community of Paul\u2019s letters;
\nA hope found everywhere the church accompanies the oppressed and marginalized.
\nMay this hope bring real and sustainable change so creation may once again sing out with your glory. Amen<\/p>\n

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