![]() ![]() ![]() “Shall we talk about homophobia and finding safe spaces? Do we bring up the need for better gun control laws? Can we talk about Islamophobia and about vulnerable communities being pitted against each other? O Spirit of Life and Love, can we simply talk about how much this hurts? Again?” I must have tucked it into my jacket after speaking and forgotten it was there for half a year. It was a prayer I had written and delivered for the vigil held last June for the shooting that had happened at The Pulse in Orlando FL. Over the years, however, I had not imagined it to be literally true until recently.Ī few months ago, I put on my brown sports jacket and noticed a paper folded up in the breast pocket. He was asked to lead prayer at an interfaith gathering and responded saying he was not good at extemporaneous prayer but that “Douglas always has a prayer in his back pocket.” I always felt this was more than my colleague ‘passing the buck.’ It was a sincere compliment. When I was serving as an Associate Minister, the Senior Minister at that church once put me on the spot. ![]()
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