Benediction for Justice and Peace

As we depart, 
Both individually and collectively 
Be who you are called to be.
In any and in all the ways you can Seek justice. 
Resist evil. 
Stand strong against Death. 
And all Death’s works and wiles. 

Add your voice. 
Move your feet. 
Extend your hands. 
And because it just might 
Hold on to that long arc of history like your lives depend on it. And pull 

With as little or as much strength you have 
So that together we might help it continue to 
bend in the direction of justice. And peace.

And hope. 
And promise. 
For you and for me. 
For us and for them. 
For all of the children of God. 
So, having been nourished by this [evening’s] gathering
Its words and its witness. Go now and be Peace. 
Amen.