01/15/2017
Isaiah 61:1-3
Chris Breslin
“The calling of a prophet is to bring the world into divine focus.” –Abraham Heschel
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul” -Emily Dickenson
“Hope is a song in a weary throat.” -Pauli Murray
“If you can’t make it happy, make it beautiful.” –Sam Wells
“Hope always has a ‘we’ quality.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Canticle of the Turning by Cooney
Higher Ground by Oatman/Gabriel
Blessed Be Your Name by Redman
Christ, the Solid Rock by Mote/Bradbury
All the Poor and Powerless by Leonard/Jordan
Psalm 126 by Wardell
Doxology
Go further:
Sam Wells: On Healing in Community and the Phases of Forgiveness