Topic Tags: democracy

“We pray by raising our voices and blowing our whistles, by marching and by singing.”

“May we begin the work of making America anew.”

“We created this mayhem in the night time / because our hearts were full of fear,” and now we must live in its shadow.

Democracy was like weather // on those rare days when it’s so // right, so not-too-anything, // its goes unnoticed.

A reflection for this season of rupture, reckoning, and return.

“Roses bloom in radiant resistance / Dandelions scatter like wild prayers…”

“We grieve the indifference to / the hunger and need of millions…”

“If you look at the Constitution and the government and yawn…”

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer shares a prayer for Rev. Budde who spoke at the inaugural prayer service.

“Speaking is my right. / and until someone takes my voice, / I will continue to speak.”