God of many names, Allah, Krishna, Yahweh, Great Spirit who is She, They, Ze, He,

I carry so much on my heart right now,
When will the hate stop?
When will deportations end?
When can our LGBTQIA+ siblings live and celebrate without fear?
When will we welcome the stranger, feed the poor, and love one another as Christ
commanded?
Move through our hearts, God. Let justice flow, compassion rise, and remind us: silence is never neutrality.
Heal what we have broken.
Teach us to see one another as kin, to protect the vulnerable, to defend the oppressed, to celebrate every life as sacred.

Amen

-Reed Kirkman, McKinney, TX