Photos by Amy

Help Me Unbury Wonder

O God of the miracles,
of galaxies and crocuses and children,
I praise you now
from the soul of the child within me,
shy in my awe, delighted by my foolishness, stubborn in my wanting,
persistent in my questions, and bold in my asking you

to help me unbury my talents for wonder
and humor and gratitude,
so I may invest them eagerly
in the recurring mysteries
of spring and beginnings,
of willows that weep, and rivers that flow, and people who grow

in such endlessly amazing
and often painful ways;
that I will be forever linked and loyal
to justice and joy,
simplicity and humanity,
Christ and his kingdom.

–Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace