Our Church's Benediction for Labor Day
At church today, I read a benediction focused on Labor Day. I wanted to share it with you.
In the name of Jesus Christ, the carpenter's son, let your labors be for the Glory of God and for the common good.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Mary's son, let all of your living be for love.
In the name of Jesus Christ, God's Son, let our labor not be for a paycheck but for a world changed by God's love and justice.
May God, Creator of the universe, maker and shaper of all things, bless your labor as well as your rest. May the Son of God, the son of a carpenter, bless all of the work that you do. May the Holy Spirit, ever working for the new creation, bless your service and keep you in God's purpose, now and forevermore.
Amen.
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In "East of Eden", John Steinbeck wrote, "If the story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule -- a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last."
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Through words, images and sounds, these storytellers, storyworkers if you will, caught my attention. In some cases they captured my imagination.
Let me know if their stories resonate with you, too. I hope so.
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