Adapted from Psalm 25:4-5

 Show us your ways, O Lord.

Teach us your paths

Guide us in your truth,

And teach us.

For you are God, our Savior,

And our hope is in you all day long.

Submitted by Austin D. Hill

Adapted from Mark 1:2-4, 7-8

Leader: As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

People: the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'”

Leader: John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People: He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals.

Leader: I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Stuart Strachan Jr.

The Way of Peace

Based on Isaiah 59:8, NRSV
The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths.
Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace.

You
You are the Way
Your way is Peace
An unbent highway of new life
Truth, Dignity, Empowerment
We will know you
We will walk in your ways

You
You are the Way
Your way is Peace
A shining path of justice
Integrity, Impartiality, Redeeming Love
We will know you
We will walk in your ways

You
You are the Way
Your way is Peace
An unbroken road of refuge
Safety, Belonging, Becoming
We will know you
We will walk in your ways

The Way of Peace © 2018, updated 2023 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com