A Prayer for Brown and RISD
Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson
We pray for the students of the world:
Those in refugee camps who are straitened by the
Vast uncertainties of all their waking moments.
Those in Egypt, Israel, South Africa, Europe and
All the centers of the earth where they live and
learn.
Those in our own land who are lonely, homeless,
Aimless, confused, dedicated.
We pray for the students of the world!
We hold ourselves and them steadily, quietly with
Great concentration before Your altar. Invade their
lives, their living contexts, their surroundings, not
Only with your wisdom and understanding but also
With your judgment and its vitality, to the end that
Something will become manifest in them and will
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Way that they take.
We do not ask. We do not plead. We do not beg.
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You will not reject our spirits or theirs. Amen.
34 Fall 2016
This prayer holds special meaning for me for many
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