A Prayer for Sunday, August 31, 2014

The Lord’s Day

O God,

Remind us as we worship you today
that our worship is rooted
in reality
rather than
in fantasy.

Remind us that we worship
the God that is
rather than
the God that we wish was,

that we worship
in our real life
rather than
in some idealized life,

and

that we worship
in the real world
rather than
in a perfect world.

As we worship you today,
remind us
that you are real,
that we are real,
and
that life is real.

As we worship you today,
help us to keep it real.

Then lead us to go
and
to live our real lives
in the real world
as worshipers
of the real God.

Amen.