Like power generation, we each can generate the energy to turn the spark of creativity inside of us into a force that does work in the world.
Where does the spark of creativity lie in you? How can you nurture it today?
Co-Creation
Today’s meditation is entitled “Prayer of Co-Creation,” by the Rev. Lyn Cox:
Creative spirit, source of life and love:
We give thanks for the beauty of this day and for the company of those assembled here.
Thank you for the breezes of change, clearing our heads and bringing fresh ideas. May they cleanse our minds of the oppressions and isms that divide us.
Thank you for the flame of hope, the heat of righteous anger, the warmth of compassion, and the fire of commitment. May they bubble the cauldrons of transformation.
Thank you for oceans of love, rivers of connection, tears of relief, and pools of serenity. May healing waters flow over us and through us and among us, wearing down the sharp rocks of despair to bring joy in the morning.
Thank you for the good earth beneath us, around us, and within us. May we take this clay and co-create a new realm of justice and beauty.
Thank you for all these and more. We accept our gifts and commit to building, sculpting, painting, singing, and dancing them to life; to abundant life.
So be it. Blessed be. Amen.
Creativity
We all have the power to create. To create beauty, to create goodness, to create justice, to create a better world. With each action, we choose what we would like to create. We choose how we would like to participate in the co-creation of our world.
How will you create today? Who or what are you going to create with?
Integrity
Like a building inspector, we must probe for structural flaws that have undermined our integrity and the integrity of our institutions. And then, we uncover them and repair them. It is hard work. It is necessary work.
Where do you notice cracks in the foundation of values that support you?
Conversation
“Let us have the wisdom to lovingly have the conversations we need to have with each other, that we must have with each other, in order to grow this faith in radical love and inclusion.” -Viola Abbitt
What are the conversations you need to have with others today? What are the conversations that have to happen in order to to tell or hear hard and necessary truths?