Opening Prayer: Mark 9: 49-50

Here’s an opening prayer of invocation based on Mark 9:49-50.  It was written by Katherine Hawker.

Prayer of Invocation

(inspired by Mark 9: 49-50)

God of the salt

God of the fire

God of anger

God of laughter

God of parables and riddles

God of story and proclamation

God of comfort

God of affliction

God of the salt

God of the fire

come now

be now

here now.

Amen.

~ written by Katherine Hawker for the Evangelical United Church of Christ, 1997.  Posted on Liturgy Outside.  http://liturgyoutside.net/