Sunday’s Call by Ted Loder

O God of fire and freedom,

deliver me from my bondage

to what can be counted

and go with me in a new exodus

toward what counts,

but can only be measured

in bread shared

and swords become plowshares;

in bodies healed

and minds liberated;

in songs sung

and justice done;

in laughter in the night

and joy in the morning;

in love through all seasons

and great gladness of heart;

in all people coming together

and a kingdom coming in glory;

in your name being praised

and my becoming an alleluia,

through Jesus Christ.

—Ted Loder, in Guerillas of Grace