Aloha friends,
In preparation for this Sunday, I decided to try and use Brian McLaren's structure of the Lord's Prayer (Wake Up - Tune Up - Ask - Re-Enter) in crafting the prayer for worship. Here's how it looked:
Wake Up
Father of lights, if we could scan the heavens and capture the light of a billion stars, would it compare to you?
When we stand in the path of the sun we feel its warmth upon our face, its glow changes us, it lifts our spirit. What would we feel, what would we know, what would we see if we were to step into your light?
Your light transcends every event horizon, it redeems shadows, it rekindles the torch of our soul and it illuminates a way.
Tune Up
Father of lights, during this season of lent we acknowledge that we are a people in process. We are a pilgrim people. When we pause along the way long enough to reflect we find ourselves surrounded by questions.
Questions about loved ones, questions about the choices before us, questions about life.
What is the goal of the path we’re walking? Have little derivations taken along the way become drastic distances over time? How did we arrive here and where’s our next step?
Could we face this questions without fear? Could we sit with them in faith that through questions such as this you might bring our lives into harmony with you?
Ask
Father of lights, wherever we are on life’s journey, show us how to walk in your light.
Let us not focus so much on what’s next that we miss what’s here, the intrinsic beauty of the inescapable now.
As we go let us not worry so much about what’s missing lest we miss daily joys you’ve given yet again this day.
Re-Enter
Father of Lights, As we step into this week, let not the shadows of shame and fear overtake us. Let the darkness be as day.
By grace may we be beacons for your name.
Also, Nate shared with me his take on the four fold structure, which expresses the ideas in 'Olelo Hawai'i. I love this!
Āmene.
In preparation for this Sunday, I decided to try and use Brian McLaren's structure of the Lord's Prayer (Wake Up - Tune Up - Ask - Re-Enter) in crafting the prayer for worship. Here's how it looked:
Wake Up
Father of lights, if we could scan the heavens and capture the light of a billion stars, would it compare to you?
When we stand in the path of the sun we feel its warmth upon our face, its glow changes us, it lifts our spirit. What would we feel, what would we know, what would we see if we were to step into your light?
Your light transcends every event horizon, it redeems shadows, it rekindles the torch of our soul and it illuminates a way.Tune Up
Father of lights, during this season of lent we acknowledge that we are a people in process. We are a pilgrim people. When we pause along the way long enough to reflect we find ourselves surrounded by questions.
Questions about loved ones, questions about the choices before us, questions about life.
What is the goal of the path we’re walking? Have little derivations taken along the way become drastic distances over time? How did we arrive here and where’s our next step?
Could we face this questions without fear? Could we sit with them in faith that through questions such as this you might bring our lives into harmony with you?
Ask
Father of lights, wherever we are on life’s journey, show us how to walk in your light.
Let us not focus so much on what’s next that we miss what’s here, the intrinsic beauty of the inescapable now.
As we go let us not worry so much about what’s missing lest we miss daily joys you’ve given yet again this day.
Re-Enter
Father of Lights, As we step into this week, let not the shadows of shame and fear overtake us. Let the darkness be as day.
By grace may we be beacons for your name.
Amen.
--Also, Nate shared with me his take on the four fold structure, which expresses the ideas in 'Olelo Hawai'i. I love this!
Wake up: E ala
Tune up: E ho'olokahi
Ask: E noi
Re-enter: E ho'opakele
E ala
E ko mākou Makua i loko o ka lani,
E ho'āno 'ia Kou inoa,
E ho'olokahi
E hiki mai Kou aupuni,
E mālama 'ia Kou makemake ma ka honua nei.
E like me 'ia i mālama'ia ma ka lani lā.
E noi
E hā'awi mai iā mākou i kēia la
I 'ai nā mākou no nēia lā.
E kala mai ho'i iā mākou i kā mākou lawehala 'ana
Me mākou e kala nei i ka po'e i lawehala i kā mākou.
E ho'opakele
Mai ho'oku'u 'oe iā mākou i ka ho'owalewale 'ia mai,
E ho'opakele nō na'e iā mākou i ka 'ino.
No ka mea, Nou ke aupuni, a me ka mana, a me ka ho'onani 'ia, a mau loa aku
Āmene.
Love both of these expressions! Great prayers to our God!
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