Faithful Creator,

You are the source and resource of all purposed and created life.

In an attitude of gratitude I accept your forgiveness and grace to forgive myself.

I accept your encouragement to learn what it means to be authentically human and make peace with my own humanity,

So that I can accept the sacredness of other beings.

With thanksgiving, I accept the spiritual, ethical, and moral responsibility for my own inner healing and joy.

I embrace the mystery of healthy loving relationships

As I learn to be an agent of change, reason, and tenderness upon the earth

That is an outpouring of your love for all life.

I accept your help so that I may learn to live honorably in covenant community,

Lifting my voice in care over criticism.

Origin:

Adei-Mai Morningstar Grenpastures.

Options:

• Change this prayer from singular to plural ("I" to "we," etc.) to use it as an opening prayer for large meetings or gatherings.

• Try using this prayer for a labyrinth meditation. You may use a finger labyrinth if a full-sized one is not available to you. Read the prayer one line at a time, pausing at each turn of the path to read the next one. Walk meditatively, repeating the line silently or aloud. Alternately, read one or two lines, walk for a few minutes, pause to read the next few lines, and continue walking and reading. You may wish to close your prayer period with a few words from your own heart.

— Adei-Mai Morningstar Greenpastures, Frances Sheridan Goulart in God Has No Religion: Blending Traditions for Prayer by Frances Sheridan Goulart