A Life of Self-Evident Truths

A Prayer for the 250th Anniversary

 of the founding of the United States

Holy One,

 Let Your light shine 

 In and through us

 By renewing our commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

 That all humans are created

 In Your image and likeness

 And named beloved by You.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

 That a life of flourishing 

 Is a birthright You envision

 For all Your people

 Everywhere in every time.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

 That You bestow Your freedom

 As a gift for us to bless others

 Empowered by Your agape love.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

 That Your abundance

 Cast throughout creation

 Is always more than enough

 To answer any lie of scarcity.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

That You gift us with creativity

 Enough to answer the suffering 

 So often inflicted on each other

 By envisioning an ever better way.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

That all lasting peace requires

 A wise honesty about the past

 That forms a renewed heart 

 And commitment for justice, 

 Mercy, generosity, and kindness, 

 In order to form a more perfect

 Union for future generations.

Yes, renew in us a commitment

 To Your self-evident truths

 That these truths may become

 More and more evident in us 

 Not only for our own good

 But for the good of each other

 And the good of the world.

Yes, Holy One, shine Your light 

 In and through us for this

 And more than can be named…

-DMLH, June 2026

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