For the mystery of the text,
and for the history of eyes to see
and ears to hear the text,
we give you thanks.
Our eyes are scaled
and our ears are uncircumcised
and we are children of another world.
We pray for the gift of perception.
We pray for energy and courage,
that we may not leave the text
until we wrench your blessing from it.
Amen.
— Walter Brueggemann in Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Edwin Searcy