Prayer for America 09/19/05

Enliven my imagination, God of new life, so that I can see through today's troubles to coming newness. Surround me and my nation with your caring so that Ican live as if the new has already begun.

Each American citizen holds a piece of the puzzle that is our nation, since no one perspective or form of patriotism represents the whole. When we all join together with united hearts, the puzzle is complete. This wide array of ideas and impressions, this mixture of religions, ethnicity's, and cultures: This isAmerica.