Here’s
a closing commission and benediction from Rev. Mark S. Burrows.
Benediction
Send
us into the world's turbulence as instruments of Your peace,
and
send us as agents of Your justice,
that
all might know the truth of Your ways.
Send
us as artists
who
bear the joyful burden of Your creativity,
that
we might bring light into the darkness,
and
hope among the despairing.
And
grant us the joy of fellowship,
with
Your Spirit and with one another,
this
day and forever. Amen!
~
written by Rev. Mark S. Burrows, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity,
Andover Newton Theological School.
Included in the Spring, 1998 issue of Connections magazine. Posted in an archive collection of worship
resources at http://macucc.s3.amazonaws.com/E74830E3D66549EEA5162A3B30A82B51_Worship%20Resources%20_Connections%20combined_.pdf
