First Sunday After Christmas

What do you fear? Let fear fuel a fire for justice

Until We Reach the Sun

Buffaloes are the only animals that run into a storm.

They can smell the snow coming. They can feel the temperature change—

deep in their bones. So they gather together, a pack on the plains.

And with their large lumbering bodies, they run.

They run through snow and ice, wind and rain. They do not stop

until they reach the sun.

When you are afraid, because this world is cruel and harsh,

or because humans are deported and shot without reason,

or because we cannot remember how to talk to each other civilly,

I will be your pack. I will stay by your side. I will run with you

until we reach the sun.

Prayer by Rev. Sarah A.  Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org