God of rainbows
Amidst the floods
When we look for lost girls
and RVs
When we mourn dead camp directors
And family members
When camps
and houses
and belongings
are swept away
With powerfully swept away
Remind us
That you sit with us
amidst
And when we cry out
God where are you
You cry too
And that you
Disarmed
Your very self
Hanging Your weapon
Permanently
in the sky
A proclamation
that you are a God
of Covenants
Promises
Peace
and Love
not punishments
So that when we cry out
“What have we done to deserve this?”
You sweep us up
In your love
and care
Snuggling us
to sleep
murmuring
“Nothing, absolutely nothing”
and you help the
absolutely best search doggies
And you wipe the brows of
the the emergency workers
and volunteers
and you sit and sigh
with the wearied
And God
You give us
Patience
and silence
amidst us
in unexpected
encouragement
Because you are
The God
of Spaciousness
Letting us
Be our full selves
And so
Be with
us in our
Grief
our waiting
and Our
Empathy
Be with
us in our Love
For many waters
cannot quench Love
Nor can the
Floods
Drown it
Be the Love
Amidst us
That outlasts
This flood
We pray
Amen
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. She now works at Capital CFO plus as the Non Profit Director. All opinions expressed on this blog are her own and do not reflect those of Capital CFO plus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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