© 2007-2008 John Thornburg
For the installation of the Rev. Dr. Mona West as pastor of Trinity Metropolitan Community Church, Sarasota, Florida
Gracious Creator of Sea and of Land
Gracious Creator of sea and of land,
sculptor of coral and miller of sand,
stretch out your hand; part the seas of our lives.
Lead us to freedom and open our eyes.
Life-Giving Savior who taught by the sea,
saying to fisher-folk, “Come, follow me,”
send us to gather the outcasts, the least.
Make us your aides at the great justice feast.
Spirit of Pentecost, still blowing free,
Show us your vision of all we can be.
Call us to boldness, to goodness, to prayer.
Summon our courage, our dreaming, our care.