A Prayer

We dare imagine . . . healings in Rwanda,
. . . and peaceableness in Haiti,
. . . and trustfulness close between
conservatives and liberals,
. . . and caring between those who have so
little and those who have too much.
. . . healings that can happen
only by your good office.

— Walter Brueggemann, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann, Edwin Searcy, editor