O God, our hearts break for the lives lost, the lives limited by fear, the lives overcome by grief. For the communities in conflict, the neighbors who can’t find common ground, the families embroiled. Holy One, infuse your peace into all these broken and hurting spaces. Blow your Spirit of possibility and healing throughout your Creation. Bless us, your people, that our hands and feet and hearts and minds and voices might be instruments of your Peace. Amen

-Molly Carlson, Dekalb, IL

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