O Great Dreamer: Prayer of Illumination

O Great Dreamer, you dreamed up the stars in the sky. You dreamed up that magic baby smell and the way cream sinks into coffee. You dreamed up the crunch of fall leaves and jazz music. You dreamed up wisteria and evergreen and the pure magic that is a six-foot-tall sunflower. And in the midst of all of that, you dreamed up a dream for your people—a dream of hope and justice, a dream for hearts wide open both to the world’s suffering and to the world’s beauty. So today, as we read scripture, we ask that you would plant that same dream in us. Pour out your Spirit on our hearts and minds so that we may notice what you notice, and dream what you dream. Gratefully, we pray. Amen.

Beverly Brazier, MacDermott U.C., Pool’s Cove, Nfld. and Lab.