Here’s a prayer of confession from the Seeker’s Church.
Litany of Confession
Leader: Alice Walker wrote: "But one day when I was sitting quiet and feeling like a motherless child, which I was, it come to me: that feeling of being part of everything, not separate at all. I knew that if I cut a tree, my arm would bleed. And I laughed and cried and I run all around the house. I knew just what it was. In fact, when it happen, you can't miss it...I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple somewhere and don't notice it."
All: Every day, we walk by the color purple,
or green, or yellow, or blue,
and we don't notice it.
Leader: Every day, we refuse to hear
the sound of laughter,
or footsteps, or birdsong,
or weeping.
All: Every day, God’s extravagant gifts
surround us
and fill us
and connect us
with every one and every thing,
and we don’t notice it.
(Individual prayers of confession)
Assurance
Leader: Come and hear what God has done:
Even when we don’t notice,
God’s extravagant gifts continue
to surround us
and fill us
and connect us
with every one and every thing,
showering our lives with grace.
—from Extravagant Gratitude, a liturgy from the Seekers Church: A Christian Community.
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