01/22/2017
Isaiah 61:1-6
Sarah Neff
“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If we want to see a wild animal the last thing we should do is go crashing into the woods, yelling for it to come out.” –Parker Palmer
“Our own experience with loneliness, depression, and fear can become a gift for others…Our wounds allow us to enter into a deep solidarity with our wounded brothers and sisters.” –Henri Nouwen
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Will We Ever Rise? (Broken People by Fielding/Gungor/Arndt
What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Scriven/Converse
We Will Feast in the House of Zion by McCracken
Heal Us, Emmanuel by Cowper/Twit/Morton
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Redman/Myrin
What the Lord Has Done in Me by Morgan
Doxology
Go further:
Sam Wells: On Healing in Community and the Phases of Forgiveness
