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Responsive Reading
Worship Leader: We are painfully
aware of the inconsistencies of our lives.
Congregation: We pray for world
peace, but have troubles with neighbors.
Worship Leader: We reach for the
stars, but are mired in the clay.
Congregation: We dream of
giving huge donations to charity, but hold
tightly to what we have now.
Worship Leader: We yearn for a
society free of prejudice, but are uneasy about
those who are different from us.
Congregation: We pray for a
world of justice, yet are slow to champion the
poor and oppressed.
Worship Leader: Forgive our
failures, Lord, and help us to live up to our
own high ideals.
Congregation: Those who wait
for the Lord shall renew their strength, they
shall mount up with wings like eagles, they
shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and
not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
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